Guest guest Posted January 30, 2003 Report Share Posted January 30, 2003 Dear Friends, It is going interesting..But it is kindling our mind and bringing more questions.. Was there any reason to send Maricha in the form of Golden Deer as ravana insists specifically about this form? If we see in the aranya kandam, Rama gets the things like setting up ashram etc thru Lakshmana. Same way he could have asked lakshmana to execute this task too. Why did he go personally to get the deer? Was there a secret in this act? Can anyone elucidate? Thanks, Srinath ----------------------------- - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list Group Home: bhakti-list Archives: http://ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/ Your use of is subject to Catch all the cricket action. Download Score tracker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2003 Report Share Posted January 30, 2003 Do not forget Raama was in Maanusha Avatra and acted like a simple man to please his wife for a simple request. Even in most difficult times, Rama being man, wanted to please his wife in very a personal way. That is the reason why he himself went. Secondaly, Ravana knew that only Rama will go after the deer and therefore had instructed Maareecha to Call"Raama" if and when struck by an arrow. obviously,Maaricha was trained only call "Raama". Adiyen Srivatsan. --- Srinath Venkatakrishnan <srinath_venkatakrishnan wrote: > Dear Friends, > It is going interesting..But it is kindling our mind > and bringing more questions.. > Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2003 Report Share Posted January 30, 2003 A very nice topic indeed. Call it good timing, this doubt has always been lingering in my mind. Will I be wrong if I say that Rama was nice and merciful to all the jeevas??? If so, how can he hurt a poor harmless deer (if we forget Mareecha for the moment)?? I do understand that hunting in the forest is a part of Kshatriya Dharma, but is there any mentioning of Rama hunting in any other part of the Ramayana??? I remember reading somewhere that Arjuna (even Krishna) would go to the forests to hunt, to hone their skills in archery, did they go after just the carnivores, or even the herbivores?? I shall be thankful to anybody who clears my doubts. Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan, Vimal --- Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2003 Report Share Posted January 30, 2003 Greetings to you all: I am amazed by the sheer response to my doubt, in fact when I decided to ask this question, I thought it would be answered in a line by scholars in this group, but I am blessed with so many information. thank you all, and we still not able to come to a conclusion, as every views seems to hold its own validity based on Puranas, as we churn our Knowledge, we are at total bliss of reading so many divine thoughts. today I was reading Jayadeva's Dasavatara Stortra, in which Buddha is mentioned as the 9th avatar of Sriman. Narayanan, but I am not sure whether we believe Buddha as the 9th avatar?? may I know views of our members in this context please. Pranams Swathi hong kong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2003 Report Share Posted February 9, 2003 Dear Smt Vasantha, My question was why Ravana asked Maricha to go in Golden Deer form. And why did he go personally to get the deer? Iam not getting your point "Maaricha was trained only call "Raama". Maricha never called "Raamaa" But note that he called "hey lakshmana ..hey sita.." after rama bowed him down. Thanks, Srinath Vasantha Srivatsan <ngsriv wrote:Do not forget Raama was in Maanusha Avatra and acted like a simple man to please his wife for a simple request. Even in most difficult times, Rama being man, wanted to please his wife in very a personal way. That is the reason why he himself went. Secondaly, Ravana knew that only Rama will go after the deer and therefore had instructed Maareecha to Call"Raama" if and when struck by an arrow. obviously,Maaricha was trained only call "Raama". Adiyen Srivatsan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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