RIGHTEOUSNESS IN HEART

Righteousness in heart is a clear indication of a noble mind &reflects in the Chatacter of a person. This we could consider as a Univeraslly aprroved yard stick to measure the greatness in the Character of a person. When one's heart is filled with rightousness ,he is the right person to possess kindness to everyone&everything in the world. The most accepatable view to establish this lies in the most valued Epic of India the Ramayana. Valmiki Maharshi who had written Ramayana in days when printing was not available used the "thaliyola grandhas" to write.This being so the wordwide popularity the Ramayana in those days is something astonishing &wonderful how the Rishi got so much of tremendous followers for the great work Ramayana How Valmiki Maharshi happened to write Ramayanam is very interesting. One day Valmiki witnessed the killing of one of the two birds (Inapakshikal)one male&the other female,by a hunter with an arrow. This had instantly produced profound sorrow&Agony in the mind of the Rishi.This prompted him to write the Epic Ramayana.Apart from Men&Women ,monkeys,birds why even small plants form part of the characters designed in Ramayana. It is also said that "Ra" means Rathri,Andhakaram&Ajnatha(Night,Darkness&Ignorance).These are generally not generally loved by people."Mayanam" means "Should disappear).So the objective of Ramayana was to eradicate evil &establish Virtue. The Theme of Ramayana is basically Rihteousness in Heart. The flowers in the Garland of Ramayana are the unbreakable Relationship betwwn Father&Son.Also depicted covincingly in Ramayana are the relationships between brothers,Friendship,rrelationship between the ruler&ruled Destruction of evil&sin &establishing goodness&virtue,Sacrifice,suffering,patience &all such good qualities. Perhaps this is the reason why the Four brothers Rama,Lakshmana,Bharatha&Sathrughna are sometimes depicted as representing YAJURVEDIS,RIGVEDI,SAMAVEDI andADHARVAVEDI.Thus Rama,Lakshmanan,Bharatha& Sathrughna are symbols of the FOUR VEDAS. ONE fact about Ramayana is beyond doubt.The Ramayana is the most popular Epic translated into various languages Worldwide. There are many a versions of Ramayana existing in India today.some of them are the Kambaramayana,,Thulasiramayanam,Kannassaramayanam,,Vallathol Ramayanam,Vasishta Ramayanam & many many more. As is the case with any famous Epic ,the Ramayana also is not free from Controversy. Some people did consider Rama was not so honest & Good saying that Seetha when tried AgniPravesha ,Rama did not Try to prevent her from doing so inspire of being his beloved who sacrificed her life amidst sorrow& Agony during The 14 years of life in horrible Forests.Notwithstanding this view,some considered it also a virtue fitting to a Great prince like Rama.Their view is that by allowing her AgniPravesha Rama endorsed her being remembered as a Great Lady. Even some people went a step ahead to depict Ravanana the evil King also as a symbol of virtue.some still went a further Step ahead by writing Ravanayanam.but this work of Fiction did not earn much of a praise& Popularity. In Ramayana at the time of AgniPravesha Rama calls himself a common man .But the devotees of Rama consider Him as A Great God.There are many Temple for Rama all over India & the World. In the state of Kerala there are four different Temples for The great Rama,Lakshmanana,Bharatha and Sthrughna. Mejority of god believing people in India consider Rama as God.Indeed He Should be! Many a Stewarts in the wold of Literature over the World has written in detail about Rama& His Brothers.there are many epic serials & Movies on Ramayana. So if I go further Steps discussing the Great Epic it is in all probability would tend to become a kind of Sin. I do not believe in committing Sin knowingly. But at the same time I am one among many believers that telling a lie for a noble Cause is not a sin but a pure Virtue. SreedharanMundanat 31St August,2013 16-10hrs(IST)