Lord Rama

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Lord Rama

 

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nara-devatvam apannah

sura-karya-cikirsaya

samudra-nigrahadini

cakre viryany atah param

SB 1.3.22

 

Translation

In the eighteenth incarnation, the Lord appeared as King Rama. In order to

perform some pleasing work for the demigods, He exhibited superhuman powers by

controlling the Indian Ocean and then killing the atheist King Ravana, who was

on the other side of the sea.

 

Purport by

Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

The Personality of Godhead Sri Rama assumed the form of a human being and

appeared on the earth for the purpose of doing some pleasing work for the

demigods or the administrative personalities to maintain the order of the

universe. Sometimes great demons and atheists like Ravana and Hiranyakasipu and

many others become very famous due to advancing material civilization by the

help of material science and other activities with a spirit of challenging the

established order of the Lord. For example, the attempt to fly to other planets

by material means is a challenge to the established order. The conditions of

each and every planet are different, and different classes of human beings are

accommodated there for particular purposes mentioned in the codes of the Lord.

But, puffed up by tiny success in material advancement, sometimes the godless

materialists challenge the existence of God. Ravana was one of them, and he

wanted to deport ordinary men to the planet of Indra (heaven) by

material means without consideration of the necessary qualifications. He wanted

a staircase to be built up directly reaching the heavenly planet so that people

might not be required to undergo the routine of pious work necessary to enter

that planet. He also wanted to perform other acts against the established rule

of the Lord. He even challenged the authority of Sri Rama, the Personality of

Godhead, and kidnapped His wife, Sita. Of course Lord Rama came to chastise this

atheist, answering the prayer and desire of the demigods. He therefore took up

the challenge of Ravana, and the complete activity is the subject matter of the

Ramayana. Because Lord Ramacandra was the Personality of Godhead, He exhibited

superhuman activities which no human being, including the materially advanced

Ravana, could perform. Lord Ramacandra prepared a royal road on the Indian Ocean

with stones that floated on the water. The modern scientists have done research

in the area of weightlessness, but it is not

possible to bring in weightlessness anywhere and everywhere. But because

weightlessness is the creation of the Lord by which He can make the gigantic

planets fly and float in the air, He made the stones even within this earth to

be weightless and prepared a stone bridge on the sea without any supporting

pillar. That is the display of the power of God.