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Published: 16 Oct 2023 2 PM Updated: 16 Oct 2023 2 PM
'Is it right to kill Vāli ?' Do you know the reason for Sri Rama's
statement?-
Author: Dushyant Sridhar
'Is it right to torture and kill Vāli ?' Do you know the reason for Sri
Rama's statement?-Dushyant Sridhar
NewsVāli
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- Kamba Ramayana
3. The
war between Vāli and Sugriva began. A fierce battle. Rama was hiding
behind a tree. The two brothers wee similar in appearance. There was no
difference as to who Vāli was and who Sugriva was in their fighting
skills. Rama did not shoot an arrow, thinking what would happen if he
accidentally hit Sugriva.
4. Sugriva received a good
thrashing in the battle of the day. He came to Rama with injuries. Rama
consoled Sugriva by explaining the reason for not letting go of the
arrow. The next day, Rama made him wear a garland made of 'Gajapuspi’
flowers and sent him back to fight. This time too, Vāli attacked Sugriva
severely. But now, it was clear to Rama who Sugriva was. He shot an
arrow at Vāli. Vāli fell.
5. Vāli looked at whose arrow pierced his chest. It had the words 'Rama'
written on it. Vāli was shocked as soon as he read it.
6. Rama's name is the root mantra of all living beings living in the
three worlds of the earth, the underworld, and the sky. Whoever utters
the name of Rama, he will be blessed with the removal of the sin
committed in all the seven births. Vāli was pained to learn that the
arrow of Rama, such a supreme being, had pierced his chest.
7. Ram came forward from behind the tree. Lakshmana, Hanuman, Nala,
Neelan, and Jambavan came near Vāli. On seeing Rama, Vāli started
singing words of abuse.
8. "Rama, are you the son of Dasaratha, who sacrificed his life for the
promise he made... Have you appeared before the holy Bharata... I have
learnt many shastras and have come to do good governance in this world.
Can you hide like that and kill me surreptitiously? The kingdom is lost
for you. You have lost your wife. So, your mind was disturbed and you
hunted down a monkey.
9. Although it is customary and justifiable that human beings can hunt
five-nailed animals according to the shastra. But the monkey does not
come in the category of five-nailed animals. That being so, how could
you kill me?
10. If the Arakkar (demon) does you harm, you must take revenge on him.
Instead, does the Manu code say to Kill a monkey? What fault have you
found with me to the point of killing me? It is said that Rama means
kārunyam (Mercy). What will happen to the world if you give it up and
take the blame?" says Vāli angrily. Rama remained patient until he
finished asking all the questions in his mind.
11. Legend has it that the entire land in this world belongs to the
Ishvaku dynasty. The Ishvaku dynasty retained the kingdom of Kosala
around Ayodhya and divided the other territories and allowed others to
rule them. That's how the kingdom of Kishkinda came to Vāli. Therefore,
the Ishvaku dynasty had the right to investigate the wrongs that were
taking place in the kingdom of Vāli.
12. A fight arose between Vāli and Sugriva. Sugriva was driven out of
the country. A king has the right to expel anyone from his country. You
can't question it. But Vāli kidnapped Sugriva's wife Rumai and kept her
in his possession.
13. The fight between brothers is a personal issue. But it is a social
problem to take someone else's wife. Now the responsibility of
investigation and rendering justice has come naturally to Rama of the
Ishvaku clan. Rama remained patient till Vāli finished speaking and
began to speak.
14. "Vāli! you know the shastras. You know what was right and what was
wrong. You studied dharma shastras like Manu etc. The shastras say,
‘’Your brother's wife should be treated like your daughter.
Is it not a sin that you took
her? How can you do it and talk
about dharma?" Rama asked. On hearing this, Vāli began to understand his
mistake.
15. Vāli knew that Ravana had kidnapped Sita. Ravana passed through the
air of his kingdom. The ruler of a nation must have listened to the
crime on his territory. But he didn't ask that. He did not speak. There
was a preamble to this.
16. Once there was a fight between Vāli and Ravana. In that battle, Vāli
defeated Ravana. Immediately Ravana made a treaty with Vāli.
Accordingly, they agreed not to interfere in the affairs of each other.
Accordingly, when Ravana carried Sita away. It is said that Vāli did not
interfere in the matter. But if we consider 'what happened to Vāli '
based on the epic, some facts will emerge. Let me give you an example.
17. A theatre group performs different plays every day: One day,
Cilappathikāram, the next day, the Ramayana and the third day, Alli
Arjuna and so on and so forth. Let's say one day he plays Kovalan and
the next day he plays Lakshmana. Then he should speak the verse relevant
to the role of Lakshmana. On the contrary, what will happen if Kovalan's
verse is spoken in the Ramayana as in the case of memory lapse?
18. The audience will be subjected to ridicule and anger. The director
of the play would do something and remove him from the stage. That's
what happened to Vāli.
19. Ravana's injustice crossed the limits, and the devas had no choice
but to surrender to Lord Vishnu. Indra, the lord of the devas, prayed to
Narayana to rescue them from Ravana. Lord Vishnu accepted it and
incarnated himself as Rama. According to the epic, the sun was born as
Sugrīvā,
Indra as Vāli, Vayu as Hanuman, Vishwakarma as Nala and Agni as Neela in
order to help him.
20. In the play Ramayana Avataram, It was Vāli, the Indra incarnate, who
was supposed to help Rama wage war on Ravana. But if he has forgotten it
and made a pact with Ravana, then the responsibility of fixing it and
removing Vāli is the responsibility of Rama, Narayana’s incarnation as
man, the lord of all things. That's what Rama did. |