How can we touch it? We shall go to holy Ganga ourselves and fetch the water for
my ablution. Brother, be not sad thinking of kingdom or wealth; life in the forest will be
my highest joy."
So Raama revealed to his brother his inmost
thoughts. In these passages Vaalmeeki uses the word daiva. In Sanskrit literature, daivam
means fate. Daivam, dishtam, bhaagyam, niyati and vidhi are all words conveying the idea
of something unexpected and inexplicable. Because of the belief in God as the Prime Cause.
A natural confusion arises between fate and God's will. What Raama said to Lakshmana on
the present occasion does not mean that he thought that the gods contrived Kaikeyi's
action for their own benefit. Raama offered no more than the usual consolation: "It
is the work of fate. Do not grieve. No one is to blame for this." |
