Bali Vadham

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!! Sri Rama Jayam !!

 

It was a pleasant morning in Bangalore today & as usual I was tuned to Asianet TV at 7am listening to "Ramayana" parayanam by Sri M G Radhakrishnan, our musical maestro. Today he started with "Bali Vadham" & that did attracted me a lot. "Bali Vadham" is one among the two top accusations (second being "Sita Tyagam") raised against Ramavataram & it has been widely talked/discussed over generations & ages. The subject of interest in these events of this great epic vests not in their happening as such, instead the connection of these events to a personality known as MARYADA PURUSHOTTAMA RAMA generates the whole attraction & the associated relevance. If these events were connected to any other incarnation other than Ramavataram, it may not have gained that attention, I assume, over the history of time & civilization.

Because "RamO Vigrahavan Dharmah !" as it goes, never allows any body (especially a Rama bhakta) to digest such events so easily. What to talk abt ordinary beings, even great saints like Sri Melpathur Bhattathiri did not hesitated to raised his sorrow in front of Guruvayurappan reminding the Lord abt "Sita Tyagam" in his Ramavataram. Those feelings of a devotee are appreciable to a good extent, though it indirectly diminishes the radiance of Lord's glory. This becomes a serious issue when we elaborate such instances in front of somebody who is not a matured devotee or at the worst who is an athiest by nature.

Therefore, as a dedicated servant of the Lord it becomes the responsibility of each devotee to understand the exact implication & consequence of such vital events associated with Lord's nara lila, as Rama or as Krishna, in particular.

Civilization starts at home & parents are the first Guru(s). Therefore, in those houses where such holy discussions falls under a normal routine it becomes severely important for the parents to understand to real relevance of such accusations raised against our beloved Lord. Invest a good time in finding answers to such querries which shields our complete devotion to Lord, becoz acceptance cannot & shud not be incomplete. We shud not say "I like Krishna when he delivers Gita & I dislike when he robs clothes of the Gopikas." or "I like Rama when he marries Sita & I dislike when abandons her into the jungle." etc. etc.

If we have such attitude in our mind, remember our devotion unto Krishna/Rama is still incomplete. We have to travel a long way to reach him.

"Bali Vadham" is a very sensitive issue & so has manifold dimensions. Understanding it may be difficult, but not impossible.

I wish to have an open talk on it ( & not an argument) & let's see how it goes.

By Guruvayoorappan's ultimate grace, hopefully we will be able to judge this event in a much better fashion & advise it to our coming generations.

 

I invite all interested devotees of this forum to join & have an active participation.

 

Thanks.

 

Hare Krishna

Hare Rama