RAAMA DISCONSOLATE

Raama behaved as a human being, not an avataar of Vishnu. Though elsewhere his words and actions give room for a different view, here Vaalmeeki describes Raama as a mere man enveloped in the gloom of a supreme misfortune.

His feeling and behaviour are exactly those of any noble and virtuous man who has lost his beloved wife, dearer to him than life itself, and that in a forest infested with Raakshasas. We see that all the efforts of Lakshmana to console him had no effect.

Our common human dharma is illustrated by the sorrow of Raama. We see here the picture of true and equal love between a virtuous man and woman and the anguish of loss.

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