@Time Lord Well no my friend. I was alluding to something far different. The man we know as NIMROD is a man who ruled Akkad whose real name was Naram- Sin. Naram- Sin and Rama have many similarities. check the sons of Noah. Sons of Cush to be exact. It has something to do with them but I don't know exactly.
Hanuman is more than son of Wind God, he is Lord Ram's greatest devotee and he is the 11th incarnation of Lord Shiva:The God of Destruction. Jai Shree Ram
@@roveirarovixx1990 hanuman is the most powerful character in Ramayana but his power is exceeded by his devotion to Rama. Since he is a monkey, he is quite amiable and is the favorite among children!
@@angelannaprophecywatcher4239 don't believe in it, if you don't want to. Hinduism does not force it's beliefs on anyone, neither does it teach other religions are evil. You don't need to convert to Hinduism to pray for miracles. Just ask what you need with sincerity and God will do it for you. Here is a recorded proof from the 19th century www.indiatimes.com/news/do-you-know-that-baijnath-mahadev-temple-in-mp-was-built-by-a-shiva-devotee-british-couple-in-1883_-273642.html
Rama did not doubt Sita, it was the people of the Kingdom who forced her to prove herself and Rama & Sita both agreed on exile to keep the people happy, and he remains king because it was his duty and they sacrificed their happiness for the people of the kingdom.
As king Rama could have issued a decree punishing anyone who dared to disrespect his beloved wife's honor. No one would have dared to offend the wrath of a king. And if they did, they'd be justly punished for it. Issuing such a decree would have been much less traumatic on Sita. Imagine how hurt and shamed Sita must have felt to where she essentially killed herself 😢.
This is amazing I’m a regular Brown woman from Michigan and I just recently had a long dream about this tale idk why and idk how but I saw all of this in my dream I know nothing about this religion or story What could this mean??
I love how respectfully you do this. Many points I can make, but I'm satisfied that as a foreigner you are being respectful in your videos, as this is a real life religion with over a billion people who believe in these deities. Great work!
@@whoswho2215 You venerate Shri Ram for his life as an Avatar of Vishnu, much like a Christian might venerate Jesus as the Son of God or a Muslim would venerate Muhammad as the Prophet of God.
@@whoswho2215 well Rama isn't a God in the Western sense. He's an Avatar - which means that he was a Vishnu reincarnated as a normal man to restore Dharma, and he died afterwards. So did Krishna. It's very likely that these were actual Kings that existed in Ancient India (we have tons of corroborative evidence from around the world) and that they were deified after their deaths, kind of like Buddha is. So in that sense, they aren't Gods at all. The only real "Gods" we have are Shiva Vishnu and Brahma, and they are eternal representations of the Cosmic Consciousness, soooo no they can't die really. but its hard to explain. We don't really have gods in the sense Westerners do - no one is up there in the sky with a beard telling us what we can and can't do. It's more like the Gods are representation of universal truths - so for example, the concept of "creation" is represented by Brahma, the concept of "balance" is represented by Vishnu, and the concept of "destruction" is represented by Shiva. All the cool mythology and stories are add-ons, but that's kind of the root of the belief system.
@@desiafterdark You said: ".. no one is up there in the sky with a beard telling us what we can and can't do." ....Does this mean you don't have laws and restrictions in Hinduism?
Well done! Truly well done! A few more points though... Ram always loved Sita more than anything ever. He never ever doubted her chastity. However, as per then societal norms, he had to do a duty as a king to his people rather than be a family man. The Ram incarnation is meant to be one where Ram (barring maybe 2-3 instances) never portrayed a divine side. The Ram incarnation is meant to portray that life is full of hard choices....Life is a game of choice and everything is not 'white or black'... even in such turmoil and adversity, a leader has to make the best available choice for his people. The Rama incarnation teaches us that despite being the supreme divinity (free of Karma), Ram chose to bind himself as a common man and set an example to common people. Hence he is called 'Maryada Purushottam'. Secondly, the monkey army built a bridge of rocks. The ocean diety appears before Rama and tells him that if rocks are laid with Ram's name written on it....they would not sink but rather stay afloat and become a bridge. The same is then done by a monkey army. Lastly, the Lav-Kush story of Ram's kids is called 'Uttar Ramayan'....and as you might already know, it itself is not authentic and historically seems to have been inserted to the main Ramayana at a much later time. There are further insights too which I will post over the weekend.
I think someone accused Sita of being unfaithful and said he would have left his wife if she was with another man while fully knowing she was kidnapped , so Sita to prove her self asks Agni to burn her if she was unfaithful to ram and Agni doesn’t even touch Sita silencing all the accusers . Ram had a role in ramayan to teach the public what a honourable man is and that duty and promise come before family and everything else. Sita’s role with that had come to end and so she returned to the divine realm, while ram stayed to uphold his duty. Everything in ramayan had its reason even slaying of Ravan and his brothers as they where demon needed to be slay by ram to achieve moksh.
its not just about Rama's power,evry1 loved Rama because he was very polite,obedient son,just king,ideal human being. even after leaving sita in forest again because of some twisted human selfishnesz,he doesnt marry again. sita was his only wife all his life unlike other kings.
You did good before your misunderstanding about Rama thinking sita had let go of her chastity, he always believed her. She only went through the ending because of society.
@@bryanskscion2229 then why didn't he wipe out the whole Lanka? He could have betrayed Bivishan at any point. Why did he not sentence Mandadory to death? Why did he offer peace to Meghnad and Kumbhakarna? LOL
@42 jade there are duties of a King. Husband Ram didn't leave his wife in forest. A King Ram ordered a woman Sita to go to forest. Understand the context.
Ravan was not a demon he was a hybrid, half asura(anti god)basically a diety like being and half human. Most of the myths are based on asuras there are no contribution of demons in hindu mythology
@@prontosolutions4370 Ravana was a hybrid his mother was as Rakshasas Princess and his father was a human. And Lord Ram is the avatar of Bhagwan Vishnu. Go read the Ramayana it is clearly stated there.
Ravana was a Demon but a rebirth of devotees Jaya and Vijaya the gatekeepers of Vaikuntha Gods kingdom who were cursed to take 3 demon births before returning to Vaikuntha. Read Srimad Bhagavatam.
@@nrg16108 but the thing is there is like atleast twenty different iterations of this same story.one of which has ravana as Sita's father and all.indians myths do not have like one same story or objectivity like Christian/jewish/islamic myths.same goes with greek Nordic myths
This Hindu Series is very interesting. Lots of stuff I didn’t learn in World Cultures, it’s so cool . After seeing Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom, it was kind of a connection with Hindu culture. ( Sure Hollywood and Steven Spielberg probably added modern touch to the big screen, ) but a lot was based off some rather interesting history of the culture. Thank you.
He did the first time. But not the second one. But then Ramayan is a verbal story and has multiple alternate versions depending on who was writing, so who knows!
@@rockdervinjustin4895 became no husband will walk a damn 3000 km, 5000 years ago by legs to sri lanka to save his wife.... that's why those damn subjects did not doubt rama...
Lord Ram is "God Primordial" All the multiverse, outer verse, creation,etc is him. He is omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient. He is the totality. Hare Ram 🙏🙏🙏
@@somdattamaiti8941 we are free to do our karma, good or bad. Its just that bad karmas result in our own destruction, sooner or later, or the next life..
A slight correction in the last section. Lord Rama never doubted Sita. Rumors about her chastity was spread by some commoners, which made Lord Rama angry. But as a ruler of the kingdom, it was his duty to prove the purity of the queen. He refuses to doubt, but is pressured by his council citing his duty as a king. Reluctantly, he agrees to check the chastity of Maa Sita by making her go through fire. A pure person who hasn't cheated would not be harmed by Agni Deva (The God of Fire) was the belief. He was sure of her purity and Maa Sita too did what she had to for the sake of duty. Once she came out unharmed, everyone was pleased, but Maa Sita was disappointed with Lord Rama for doubting her and goes away to the forest herself, much to the agony of Lord Ram. His pleas are not heard and she lives her life in the forest in an ashram. Yet Maa Sita, upon the birth of her children, still kept portraying Ram as the hero he was, but not as their father. Lord Ram ruled his kingdom with great grief. The story of Lavva and Kusha is too long to be explained in this post. In short, in the end, the twins are joined together with Lord Ram, but Maa Sita disappears into the earth, having done her duty on earth. As sad the ending is, Lord Ram is after all Lord Vishnu, and Maa Sita is Goddess Lakshmi, who are eternally together in Sri Vaikundam, their abode. Ramayana too is a play acted out by them to guide mankind. So all is well in the end.
As mentioned in the video there are several versions of the same story! There is no right or wrong because the real story is somewhere in between. It is fully up for interpretation. I like the last version the most where Sita does not go back to Rama and is swallowed by the Earth as a kind of "I told you so"-moment. Very sad but still kind of lessons learned to never doubt someone you love the most when they previously have shown their innocence. Rama was as human as everyone else and no one is perfect even if they are God reincarnated.
Nice job dude. The story I heard was a bit different but it is always nice to know about alternate versions. The faith is actually known as sanatan dharma where as a hindu would be any person living east off or around the indus river, all the way to modern India's eastern borders. Would love to see you cover the different incarnations of each of the hindu deities as well. After all there are a whole lot of stories in this more than 7000 year old religion. Again keep up the great work.
Very Well Made! Amazingly done! Rama is portrayed in paintings with a blue hue to portray him as an avatar of Lord Vishnu. However, the Ramayana mentions that he was dark brown (Saavla) in complexion.
Don't be afraid! Even if you are on the side of injustice, Lord Rama is still willing to forgive, as showcased by his grace to King Ravana in the war between them.
There are a lot of variants about how Rama reacted to Sita's captivity among other things. A few common veins show up, though, and among the more common variants, there is the version that suggests that Ravana didn't really have any sort of interest in Sita -- she was just a tool of revenge for the mutilation and insult leveled against his sister. Hanuman "discovering" that Sita was held captive and under the guard of several demons was a more fleshed out portion of the story. Hanuman was able to shapeshift and disguise himself so that he could easily sneak in and rescue Sita himself. Sita distrusted him saying on account of shapeshifting demons being able to trick her the first time around. Hanuman proved his honesty by ripping open his own chest displaying the divine images of Rama and Sita that were apparently the only things in his heart. Sita still refuses saying that she can only leave if Rama allows it (which is a code for saying Rama should get his own hands dirty rather than having a follower do all the work for him). Most versions don't really say that Rama distrusted Sita himself, but that he had to make certain things happen on principle because he had the duties of a king and even otherwise was not prone to let his personal feelings cloud his judgment. To a large extent, this is kind of the overarching character of Rama -- he's more or less a dutifully principled person, completely idealistic, completely adherent to his moral code and will shun his own opinions over those principles. He is a direct contrast to the later incarnation, namely Krishna, who represents the absolute pragmatist and subscribes to a sort of "ends justifies the means" moral code. Rama is the starry-eyed idealist, while Krishna is the asshole who gets results.
How can we trust this version,when they are both avatars of Lord Vishnu,but u insult Shri Krishna.They are 1, except they appear at different times on earth for different reasons,Rama because to guide by high moral spiritual principles,lord Krishna to ensure continuity of dharma,and to ensure justice for the treatment given to Phandhavas.
RAMAYANA wasnt written in 5th century ,one of the New Versions like RAMCHARITMANAS was written in 5th century..the 1ST RAMAYAN was written in SANSKRIT more than 5000yrs ago by sage VALMIKI who was present in LORD RAM's Era and write RAMAYAN as a Biography of LORD RAM and his life....
@Eric W. so Budhha is older than Hindu god concepts? Is that what you are saying? May be the concept of Vishnu was introduced under different circumstances but at present he is a supreme god for All Hindus.
@Eric W. brah Buddha said god is bleh why Buddhist treat him as god then? In india it wasnt just bad kings but the fact that Buddhism was asking for ritual and idol worshipping of what it was against. Made people think wtf is going on here
@Eric W. Lol that's where your understanding is wrong. Purusharthas are not paths but goals/ objectives of human pursuit. Artha can also mean meaning of life other than just materialistic possessions. And every person on earth are born with one or more cause/ objectives/ meaning. Again Dharma also means following the path of righteousness or ethics rather than simply being indulgent in ritualistic beliefs. Moksha literally means liberation ( both singular or United). Also Moksha and Dharma are given more importance compared to Kama and Artha. Kama is literally depicted as an optional goal. Though some school of thoughts suggest without a tiny bit of one cannot develop attachment and prema ( pure love) to the universe. Anyway, without reading Upanishads, Sankhya, Naya and Darshana philosophy one cannot understand a drop of the essence of Sanatana dharma, the religion of eternal ethics. Bodhisattva debated only after reading and studying those principles completely. Your words clearly speaks for Arrogance and Pride do they not? Were these things included in the teachings of Bodhisattva? en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puru%E1%B9%A3%C4%81rtha
@Eric W. Extremely sorry to hear that sad incident. But all Hindu kings were not like that. The first known historic king of India Bimbisara was a just and pious man hailing from a bratya Kshatriya family ( a family who used to be Shudras long ago) allowed practicing both Sanatana and Jaina dharma in his kingdom. He also stopped Ashwamedh yagna on Bodhisattva's request. His son unfortunately was not like that so after becoming the king Ajatshatru the son imprisoned his father and maternal uncle and persecuted and booted all the non- Sanatanis which in turn is also opposing one of the rules of Sanatani Raajanya dharma ( rules for a king/ every subject of your kingdom has the right of equal justice according to Ramayana). Chandragupta Maurya converted to Jainism in his old age Ashoka and his family followed Bodhisattva and tried spreading both Hinayana and Mahayana across the globe. The Guptas in spite of being Hindus protected the Stupas and Mahabiharas from the Huns and Sassanids. They even raised Nalanda to the level of Mahavihara ( university) which is why the scholar gave them the title Shakraditya. Kanishka was a devotee of Kumara ( Kartik/ Murugan) and Vighnesha ( Ganesha) still he got interested in Buddhism and became a sponsor for a Buddhist grand meeting. But brahmanas did bring us some major frustrations from the history. I mean there are many brahmans who spent their entire lives for the reformation and the betterment of the religious and cultural conditions like Adi Shankaracharya, Shri Chaitanya dev, Shri Ramkrishna, Vishnu gupta / chaanakya from ancient India but mostly they have failed us and couldn't protect us from the invasions or the corruptions of Varna system, Sati etc. There's nothing wrong with Buddha's philosophy. My personal problem with his theories is that by denying the importance of the Trinity gods and the deities when they have their specific roles and especially their heroic deeds are undeniable. For example if it was not for Devi Parvati/ Durga we Indians would have been conquered and enslaved long ago by the Assyrians long before Turkish or British invasion. But Buddhism ( especially Hinayana) teaches us to simply ignore them. However Mahayana in an indirect way approves some gods like Avalokiteshwara is probably some aspects of Shiva/ Rudra. Tara is probably their counterpart of Parvati, Pragna paramita is probably Saraswati etc etc. Then again with my tiny bit of knowledge I don't even have the caliber of questioning Bodhisattva. 😅 And no, I'll definitely not ask you to consider Sanatanism or so called ' Hinduism'. It's just that proper appreciation of things are expected sometimes. Another thing is that we Indians and Sri Lankans are pretty much the same race, brown asians with the exception of one/ two genes. Even if some of us were 'Aryans' they're never as white as the Caucasians. So we need to chill. Pranam🙏
ISKCON is the Indian parallel of an Abrahamic cult. They demonize all other Hindu beliefs. In India usually every story has alternate versions. And with every retelling of these stories, newer versions are made. We accept them all, knowing that this is how human imagination works.
Lord Rama was contagious he fought demons without any fear he refused wealth kingdom just to keep his father's words, he fought against strongest demon on planet King Ravna just for his wife Sita we all should follow lord Rama and crave to be kind being like.him!
Ramayan is unedited. Each verse of ramayan can be used as mantra and be used for attaining many supernatural feats and powers as well as accomplish impossible tasks.
There are atleast twenty iterations of the rama raavana story my dude.with very radical differences in each of them.so there is no correct way of saying it at this point.
I need to clarify that avatars of vishnu like ram and krishna did not have blue skin rather they had dark skin quite commom in indian people.....blur ink was used in portraits because black ink would not show facial features and from there blue skin kind of stuck on.....Ram's other name is Shyam which translates to black saying someone whose skin is dark...similarily Krishna's name is also another name for black which probably stood for their darker skins.....also Godess Kali name also means black......infact if you go to ancient temples like in puri you will see lord vishnu portrayed in black ink.......i wish people would acknowledge this and not think that black and dark skin is undesirable because our gods sure had them
I heard a story once that Krishna got his skin color from after he dove down to fight that snake in the poisoned lake. The poison from the water/snake caused his skin to turn bluish/grey...
OMG! The other day I saw Lord Vishnu during meditation and you posted about Lord Vishnu and today apparently I got some vision related to Ramayana and then you post this!!!!!!
This is the first Hindu god to capture my interest. He reminds me alittle of Gilgamesh or Heracles. Speaking of Gilgamesh, you should totally do one on him! Or Marduk. Either one are very interesting myths imo. Though it is said that Gilgamesh was a real person.
Beautifully done. What made you interested in recounting these great stories for the rest of us? Your voice is perfect and... we all learn as we go. Thanks.
When Ram needed to cross over to lanka, a bridge was made by the vanara(monkey men) with stones. As per the legend, the word Ram was written on them so that they float. From recent satellite images, a stone bridge from India to Sri Lanka can be seen, many believe this is the same bridge from the story.
Would love to see a well researched vid on the Hindu Soul Collector Yama. Not many people except those who are well educated in Hinduism would know about Yama being Hindu--especially since the pop culture tv show Charmed misrepresented him as being of Chinese (Mandarin) mythological history-- this was in the episode Dead man dating, guest starring Vietnamese actor, John Cho.
Misrepresentation of Lord Rama. He is duty bound and his time on this dimension is an example of how one should conduct their lives even through the face of adversity adhearing to values
Some colonise mind would Lough at you but yes, it's Indian history... Old Indian history is writing in poetic rhythm and abstract idea's that people can remember and find more interesting.All the places mentioned in Ramayana and Mahabharata are still exists on Indian subcontinent.You can find Ram Setu etc.
@@Raven7400 yea...his sarcasm...he is joking... Ram's age was 1500 yrs(Hinduism is 5000yrs old)...if ram is 1500 and his sons are too that means half Hinduism just spend on these two only and other half for others 😂
What an epic an beautiful story.. I heard a different story in a movie about them, From newer version of "The Little Princess". I can't remember the story, but it was different. I really love your channel.
For your western civilisation benefit: Rama is known as 'Sarvottam Purush'.. meaning Epitome of Manhood. He never doubted Sita ever...!! difficult to understand for modern jealous men.. But that's Ram for you..beyond your perception :-)
I like to think because he was born human and so honorable he could not escape his karma for causing harm even if it was to save his kingdom, help others and fight demons. And it was the cruel judgemental society that did Sita wrong. One that some modern values may improve. It is a warrior's duty to fight evil... and he was a warrior, but it is not his right to do whatever he wats. There is a very good feminist move about Sita, called "Sita sings the Blues" and such perspectives. Why Rama was jealous or acted jealous. And that a just feminist society where are people are treated fairly is the best solution. A human cannot grant themselves eternal happiness. Even with the infinite powers of Rama. And he was able to reconcile with his sons.
A lot versions of the Ramayana end when Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana return home or do not have Rama banish Sita, because of how people across the centuries and cultures prefer to have the story to have a happy ending rather than the depressing ending seen in other versions of the tale.
Actually Lord Rama and Mata Sita are the avatars of Lord Vishnu and Goddess Laxmi. When Lord Vishnu married Goddess Laxmi, her father didn't approve and cursed their marriage. Lord Vishnu is of course a God but he accepted the curse out of respect to his father in law. The curse was that they can never really be together in the world as mortals or as incarnations. That's why Mata Radha and Lord Krishna never could be together and Lord Rama and Mata Sita couldn't be together. You see it wasn't the doubt of chastity because Ravana couldn't touch Mata Sita, is any anyone else who isn't Lord Rama touched her he would instantly burn and Lord Rama knew that. But he was a king and his subjects and his people doubted Mata Sita and questioned her and questioned the kingdom of his father. That's the story
I just noticed this is like the backstory of the anime Dororo but with a much better outcome, and instead of a curse he was blessed. This story is also quite similar to the tale of Momotaro, who recruits the aide of various creatures and allies along his way to the Onigashima, or Demon Island.
Ravan was a devout worshipper of lord Shiv and was granted partial immorality for his great devotion and prayer. In a few versions he is written as a virtuous man who kidnapped Sita to avenge his sister Shupnakha. So its possible that he was demonised in the stories written by the victorious side, specially by the puritans who want to call his death victory of good over evil.
Thank you for the excellent, well-written and produced videos on a topic not covered well currently. Your vid asks for a recommendation what you could do next. Can you please do Visnu or Brahma or Savitr? I think Visnu would be particularly cool. Thank you.
Two points I have to mention. First Lord Ram never doubted Mother Sita. He loved her. He loved her to the extent that despite huge pressure from his people and sages he never married again. He openly claimed that he belongs to Sita and no one else. He exiled mother Sita because people of his kingdom were suspicious and gossips were happening all over country that King Ram doesn't deserve to be a king as he's a man who is so captured by love of his wife that he has put an impure woman on throne with him. This hit Ram and Sita hard. Even Sita never blamed Ram for anything but people for being suspicious of her. This is only reason Lord ram asked her to cross the fire. Second Dashratha never asked Ram for exile. Lord Ram was his favorite son. However in India it is believed that promise deserve more value than life. Dashratha gave 2 promises to his wife kaikeyi which she used to demand such unforgiving terms. Lord Ram went to forest by himself because he didn't want his father to be known as the one who didn't fullfill his promise.
@@kotaniyumiko I feel bad replying to a 1 year old comment but the oldest version is the original which is valmiki ramayana, there are many indian versions which tell almost the same story with slight differences and all the indian versions have the same ending, the only completely altered versions are the versions that aren't from india.
One mistake vishnu and their avatar is not blue they all dark gods , all those animation and coloring of statue came in India 90's , due to racism toward black people they all are dark or brown
The story tells you how you should be. How a brother should be: Laxman who gave up everything to follow Ram. Bharat who never sat on throne and waiting for Ram. How a Son should be: Ram who gave up everything and went on exile to keep his father’s words. How a wife/woman should be: Sita never betrayed Ram nor she was tainted by Ravan. She also did not let Ram question her integrity and decides to leave rather than being questioned. How an enemy should be: Ravan never touched siita never forced himself. He respected Ram and Ram respected him. Thats what religions and beliefs are for to teach you the way of life. Be it hinduism, christianity or islam.
Ravan was not demon. He was half Asura and Half Brahmin. In India there are Demon (danav),Manav ( human), raakshak (monster), Daitya (gaints), Asur (this is difficult to explain in English), Dev (lord regarding fire god wind god god of rain all those sort of devines), then comes tridev Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, tri dev are not some elements god or Material god but god beyond human view like space time creation Destruction Cosmic energy black hole radiation and all those thing which are intangible but most necessary parts of Entire universe. So you get it the difference between Asur and Demon. Demon are from Hell and Asur are on earth could be good as well as evil just like human.
Don't get me wrong... I am happy you are covering legends and epics beyond your culture, and i am even subscribed to you, but you gotta do better research as some of the points you mentioned are either incomplete or not completely correct. But still good effort.
Ravan is not demon. He belongs to the Asura clan, his father a sage named Vishravas and mother Kaikasi the daughter of an Asura king. And Ravana is not the villain of Ramayana. He is the anti- hero, having many qualities which makes him a worthy opponent of Rama. He is very handsome, very intelligent, a great scholar, an excellent musician and the foremost devotee of lord Shiva. Ravana is believed to be the author of several treatises on medicine, esp one dealing with balachikitsa or paediatrics according to South Indian literary traditions. He is also credited with the authorship of a treatise on magic and occult named Kuchumara tantra. He was a great musician who impressed lord Shiva with his excellent rendition of the Sama veda, who then gifted Ravana with Chandrachudam, a deadly sword. And one of the greatest hymns dedicated to Shiva named SHIVA TANDAVA STOTRAM is attributed to Ravana. In several versions of Ramayana, Ravana is Sita's father who had to abandon her at birth due to a prophecy that she will bring bad luck to the kingdom of Lanka. He kidnaps her to spare her the hardship of forest life but can't reveal his truth to her. He also hopes to die by Rama's hands so that he can get salvation. And according to Ramayana, when Ravana dies Rama honours him saying he was a worthy king and asks Vibhishana to cremate him with due honours. When he refuses initially, Rama says that then he will do it himself.
From what I know Ravan was a Pandit, had great knowledge & wisdom and he was able to see future, hence those 10 heads. Inhabiting elixir in his belly button, he was immortal. He wanted to die and for that he kidnapped Sita so Ram may come to kill him. Also, Ravan never layed his shadow on Sita's body in the Vatika (garden where he kept Sita) (though he kidnapped her so I don't know how "not laying his shadow on her" works but essence is that he respected her and wouldn't do anything to her without her permission. Another form of story is that his 10 head increased his pride and he wanted Sita, but ended up dead. Another one is like if he catch cold he would stay busy cleaning his nose. So there you go, I hope it helps.
the first one is the original, but he wasn't a pandit but a bhramin, pandit is an occupation and bhramins are the caste eligible for it. He was half bhramin half asura, he got those ten heads by praying to shiva, and the elixir from bhrama but he couldn't digest the elixir so it was stored in his stomach, making him partially immortal. He didn't ''want'' to die though, he was the reincarnation of one of Vishnu's gatekeepers who had a curse of reincarnating to be obstacles in Vishnu's avatars. He didn't lay a shadow on her; apart from kidnapping her, and contrary to the popular belief he didn't have any specific interest in her but rather wanted to take revenge for his sister Surpankha. Also no, he didn't know the future, he knew palmistry, astrology and many other things but didn't directly know the future, if he did he would've listened to Vibhishan or his own son Indrajit or even Kumbhakaran who all tried to stop him.
No Rama did not doubt sita. As a Prince his people started questioning Rama that how can a abducted Princess be their queen so as a new king he had to ask Sita. And sita did not jump in fire she was going to but was stopped by ram. After going back to kingdom when she comes to know she is pregnant same people started questioning Sita's purity she her self decline her Queenship. Rama being a king when separatede from sita he started sleeping on ground he gave up all the royalty and leisure. Neither he got remarried. He went through same penence and suffering as sita went. As a king he had to listen to his people and as a husband ye had to go through all the sufferings Sita went through.
Ravan was himself a devotee of Shiva, and Hanuman was an avatar of Shiva. At the end of the battle, Ravana released whom he was messing with all this time.
Ravana was not demon nor evil person (earlier) he was one of the greatest devotee of lord Shiva due to which he was so power full he once sacrificed his head for shiva for which he was granted blessing of 10 heads (or whose head cannot be ampute) but as we say absolute power corrupts that's what happened with him he was consumed by his pride and was not able to identify rama Avatar as well his sister's wrong action which led to his end
Your videos are amazing! Would it be possible for me to contact you for references; I'm an academic and would like to use some of this as a basis for articles I am working on.
This is my favourite god. No nonsense, no uncontrollable energies and power, no confusion and scare. He is the purest form of love and bliss. He has very human emotions and he is just a guy being a guy of his time. He is presented as a role model for how a REAL man should be (not some feminist crap definition of real man).
@42 jade "Man of his time". Dont you understand that phrase. Also stop judging people based on what ought to be ideal, according to you, because it changes all the time. Come the war all of a sudden your definition of a real man changes in an instant. I would rate a person who leaves his pregnant wife for the sake of his kingdom, his oath to protect his kingdom, much more than a person who hangs on to his wife for their mutual comfort and well being.
There were some inaccurate information, the bridge was built by monkeys using stone ,on each stone they wrote lord Rama name and stone would float , (you can actually see Rama Setu from Google world it's between south tip of India and Sri Lanka) . Second Rama asked sita for proof because as a king it was necessary for his kingdom to have righteous and trust worthy queen , he trusted her , in another version during the abduction of sita the fire goddess swaps place with sita , and sita being stuck in other world ,so in order to bring back sita the the goddess had to burn herself . When luv and Kush became old and sita went back to goddess earth , Rama was sad and he left his human form and ended the incarnation of Rama . There are many which is accurate and which is not cannot be determined .
Lakshmana, definition of a tru bro.
All brothers of राम are equally treated by lord raam ...... He love all his brothers equally
@@Mojo.Jojo. I understand rama is the equivalent to the biblical Nimrod. is this true?
@Time Lord Why do some people think this? Have you heard this before?
@Time Lord Well no my friend. I was alluding to something far different. The man we know as NIMROD is a man who ruled Akkad whose real name was Naram- Sin. Naram- Sin and Rama have many similarities. check the sons of Noah. Sons of Cush to be exact. It has something to do with them but I don't know exactly.
@@druss6387 true that
Hanuman is more than son of Wind God, he is Lord Ram's greatest devotee and he is the 11th incarnation of Lord Shiva:The God of Destruction. Jai Shree Ram
Love the Google search images "hanuman - the God of superheroes"
Is he similar to Kali Ma who it comes to hes personality?
@@roveirarovixx1990 hanuman is the most powerful character in Ramayana but his power is exceeded by his devotion to Rama. Since he is a monkey, he is quite amiable and is the favorite among children!
@@angelannaprophecywatcher4239 don't believe in it, if you don't want to. Hinduism does not force it's beliefs on anyone, neither does it teach other religions are evil. You don't need to convert to Hinduism to pray for miracles. Just ask what you need with sincerity and God will do it for you. Here is a recorded proof from the 19th century www.indiatimes.com/news/do-you-know-that-baijnath-mahadev-temple-in-mp-was-built-by-a-shiva-devotee-british-couple-in-1883_-273642.html
@@angelannaprophecywatcher4239 people r free to believe what they want like many believe a dead person coming to life.
Loving the Hindu series. Keep up the good work.
Rama did not doubt Sita, it was the people of the Kingdom who forced her to prove herself and Rama & Sita both agreed on exile to keep the people happy, and he remains king because it was his duty and they sacrificed their happiness for the people of the kingdom.
Super good I love Lord rama❤
As king Rama could have issued a decree punishing anyone who dared to disrespect his beloved wife's honor. No one would have dared to offend the wrath of a king. And if they did, they'd be justly punished for it.
Issuing such a decree would have been much less traumatic on Sita. Imagine how hurt and shamed Sita must have felt to where she essentially killed herself 😢.
@@lavahike3279 ram had a heart of gold and he couldn't push such a decree since he always kept people of kingdom in high regards even before himself
Jai Shree Ram 🛕🛕
This is amazing I’m a regular Brown woman from Michigan and I just recently had a long dream about this tale idk why and idk how but I saw all of this in my dream I know nothing about this religion or story
What could this mean??
I love how respectfully you do this. Many points I can make, but I'm satisfied that as a foreigner you are being respectful in your videos, as this is a real life religion with over a billion people who believe in these deities. Great work!
Do you worship Rama himself or the god he is reincarnated from (Vishnu)?
@@whoswho2215 You venerate Shri Ram for his life as an Avatar of Vishnu, much like a Christian might venerate Jesus as the Son of God or a Muslim would venerate Muhammad as the Prophet of God.
@@desiafterdark
Ohh, Interesting. Sorry but one last question:
Are your gods subject to death?
@@whoswho2215 well Rama isn't a God in the Western sense. He's an Avatar - which means that he was a Vishnu reincarnated as a normal man to restore Dharma, and he died afterwards. So did Krishna. It's very likely that these were actual Kings that existed in Ancient India (we have tons of corroborative evidence from around the world) and that they were deified after their deaths, kind of like Buddha is.
So in that sense, they aren't Gods at all.
The only real "Gods" we have are Shiva Vishnu and Brahma, and they are eternal representations of the Cosmic Consciousness, soooo no they can't die really. but its hard to explain. We don't really have gods in the sense Westerners do - no one is up there in the sky with a beard telling us what we can and can't do. It's more like the Gods are representation of universal truths - so for example, the concept of "creation" is represented by Brahma, the concept of "balance" is represented by Vishnu, and the concept of "destruction" is represented by Shiva.
All the cool mythology and stories are add-ons, but that's kind of the root of the belief system.
@@desiafterdark
You said:
".. no one is up there in the sky with a beard telling us what we can and can't do."
....Does this mean you don't have laws and restrictions in Hinduism?
Rama is all about following rules
While Krishna is about breaking them in the most amazing manner for the greater good
Actually rama also breaks rules while killing vali
@@antiabrahamicreligionTrue but he sets the example of karma. By killing vali, Rama in Krishna's incarnation gets killed by the incarnation of vali
Well done! Truly well done!
A few more points though...
Ram always loved Sita more than anything ever. He never ever doubted her chastity. However, as per then societal norms, he had to do a duty as a king to his people rather than be a family man.
The Ram incarnation is meant to be one where Ram (barring maybe 2-3 instances) never portrayed a divine side. The Ram incarnation is meant to portray that life is full of hard choices....Life is a game of choice and everything is not 'white or black'... even in such turmoil and adversity, a leader has to make the best available choice for his people. The Rama incarnation teaches us that despite being the supreme divinity (free of Karma), Ram chose to bind himself as a common man and set an example to common people. Hence he is called 'Maryada Purushottam'.
Secondly, the monkey army built a bridge of rocks. The ocean diety appears before Rama and tells him that if rocks are laid with Ram's name written on it....they would not sink but rather stay afloat and become a bridge. The same is then done by a monkey army.
Lastly, the Lav-Kush story of Ram's kids is called 'Uttar Ramayan'....and as you might already know, it itself is not authentic and historically seems to have been inserted to the main Ramayana at a much later time.
There are further insights too which I will post over the weekend.
In the Valmiki Ramayana they never wrote his name.
society has always been putting nose into others' business.
I think someone accused Sita of being unfaithful and said he would have left his wife if she was with another man while fully knowing she was kidnapped , so Sita to prove her self asks Agni to burn her if she was unfaithful to ram and Agni doesn’t even touch Sita silencing all the accusers . Ram had a role in ramayan to teach the public what a honourable man is and that duty and promise come before family and everything else. Sita’s role with that had come to end and so she returned to the divine realm, while ram stayed to uphold his duty. Everything in ramayan had its reason even slaying of Ravan and his brothers as they where demon needed to be slay by ram to achieve moksh.
Also, parshuram is not a hunter. He didn't hunt animals. Call him a Rishi or sage of the highest order.
Still Living .... Immortal 🙏
Or call him a brahmarishi
They hunted demons and evil specters.
Lord Parshurama was incarnation of Lord Shiva :)
Vaishnavites recognize Parashurama as the first "normal" human avtar of Vishnu, and that his weapon was a gift from Shiva.
its not just about Rama's power,evry1 loved Rama because he was very polite,obedient son,just king,ideal human being.
even after leaving sita in forest again because of some twisted human selfishnesz,he doesnt marry again.
sita was his only wife all his life unlike other kings.
You did good before your misunderstanding about Rama thinking sita had let go of her chastity, he always believed her. She only went through the ending because of society.
His true love was killing demons.
@@bryanskscion2229 then why didn't he wipe out the whole Lanka? He could have betrayed Bivishan at any point. Why did he not sentence Mandadory to death? Why did he offer peace to Meghnad and Kumbhakarna? LOL
@42 jade name me one time when he did it out of his own will.
@42 jade there are duties of a King. Husband Ram didn't leave his wife in forest. A King Ram ordered a woman Sita to go to forest. Understand the context.
Ravan was not a demon he was a hybrid, half asura(anti god)basically a diety like being and half human. Most of the myths are based on asuras there are no contribution of demons in hindu mythology
ravana was just a normal person a king not a god or demon or hybrid neither was ram a god they were just people
who happened to be king
@@prontosolutions4370 Ravana was a hybrid his mother was as Rakshasas Princess and his father was a human.
And Lord Ram is the avatar of Bhagwan Vishnu. Go read the Ramayana it is clearly stated there.
Ravana was a Demon but a rebirth of devotees Jaya and Vijaya the gatekeepers of Vaikuntha Gods kingdom who were cursed to take 3 demon births before returning to Vaikuntha. Read Srimad Bhagavatam.
@@nrg16108 Someone knows their mythology very well
@@nrg16108 but the thing is there is like atleast twenty different iterations of this same story.one of which has ravana as Sita's father and all.indians myths do not have like one same story or objectivity like Christian/jewish/islamic myths.same goes with greek Nordic myths
This Hindu Series is very interesting. Lots of stuff I didn’t learn in World Cultures, it’s so cool . After seeing Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom, it was kind of a connection with Hindu culture. ( Sure Hollywood and Steven Spielberg probably added modern touch to the big screen, ) but a lot was based off some rather interesting history of the culture.
Thank you.
Thank you, I will watch Temple Of Doom this Diwali ... 🕉💛🕯
Temple of Doom is a horrible interpretation of any aspect of Hinduism. This series on youtube is way better.
Rama never doubted the chastity of sita . He loved maa sita by all his heart .. jai shree Ram
Well said ... He had to place his duty as a king (by then societal norms) vs being an husband.
He did the first time. But not the second one. But then Ramayan is a verbal story and has multiple alternate versions depending on who was writing, so who knows!
people of kingdom doubted the chastity of sita but not Rama.
@@rockdervinjustin4895 became no husband will walk a damn 3000 km, 5000 years ago by legs to sri lanka to save his wife.... that's why those damn subjects did not doubt rama...
JAI RAM
You deserve so much more publicity. Your videos are SO good!
Thank you for saying so :)
Mata SITA wanted the golden deer ,she didn't ask lord ram to hunt it ,but to catch it alive for her
Please keep up the great work, I'm specially loving this hindu series, I've always wanted to learn more about this
Excellent. I really liked the fact that you said that there are alternative versions.
Lord Ram is "God Primordial"
All the multiverse, outer verse, creation,etc is him.
He is omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient.
He is the totality.
Hare Ram 🙏🙏🙏
If ram is so good, so strong, present everywhere, then pls tell me why evil and suffering are happening in this world? Why evil always prospers?
@@somdattamaiti8941 He is everything Good and bad Ying and Yang which is life itself
@@somdattamaiti8941 we are free to do our karma, good or bad.
Its just that bad karmas result in our own destruction, sooner or later, or the next life..
@@somdattamaiti8941 there is such a thing called necessary evil for there would be in imbalance if there wasn't and vice versa
Jesus is God.
A slight correction in the last section. Lord Rama never doubted Sita. Rumors about her chastity was spread by some commoners, which made Lord Rama angry. But as a ruler of the kingdom, it was his duty to prove the purity of the queen. He refuses to doubt, but is pressured by his council citing his duty as a king. Reluctantly, he agrees to check the chastity of Maa Sita by making her go through fire. A pure person who hasn't cheated would not be harmed by Agni Deva (The God of Fire) was the belief. He was sure of her purity and Maa Sita too did what she had to for the sake of duty. Once she came out unharmed, everyone was pleased, but Maa Sita was disappointed with Lord Rama for doubting her and goes away to the forest herself, much to the agony of Lord Ram. His pleas are not heard and she lives her life in the forest in an ashram. Yet Maa Sita, upon the birth of her children, still kept portraying Ram as the hero he was, but not as their father. Lord Ram ruled his kingdom with great grief. The story of Lavva and Kusha is too long to be explained in this post. In short, in the end, the twins are joined together with Lord Ram, but Maa Sita disappears into the earth, having done her duty on earth. As sad the ending is, Lord Ram is after all Lord Vishnu, and Maa Sita is Goddess Lakshmi, who are eternally together in Sri Vaikundam, their abode. Ramayana too is a play acted out by them to guide mankind. So all is well in the end.
As mentioned in the video there are several versions of the same story! There is no right or wrong because the real story is somewhere in between. It is fully up for interpretation. I like the last version the most where Sita does not go back to Rama and is swallowed by the Earth as a kind of "I told you so"-moment. Very sad but still kind of lessons learned to never doubt someone you love the most when they previously have shown their innocence. Rama was as human as everyone else and no one is perfect even if they are God reincarnated.
Nice job dude. The story I heard was a bit different but it is always nice to know about alternate versions. The faith is actually known as sanatan dharma where as a hindu would be any person living east off or around the indus river, all the way to modern India's eastern borders. Would love to see you cover the different incarnations of each of the hindu deities as well. After all there are a whole lot of stories in this more than 7000 year old religion. Again keep up the great work.
Very Well Made! Amazingly done!
Rama is portrayed in paintings with a blue hue to portray him as an avatar of Lord Vishnu. However, the Ramayana mentions that he was dark brown (Saavla) in complexion.
At last some one pointed that out.
@@vikrantkatbamna5297 well actually the electric blue color was dipicting hi AOURA
It's not blue or black its dark blue.
Say Lord Rama
I am not hindu but hearing the name lord Rama makes me scared. I have to give this great unimaginable power absolute respect.
The guy is harmless, unless you are on the side of injustice and evil. Think of him as a father figure, a brother, maybe a friend.
@@mdragarg I am muslim from Pakistan and I'm learning about Rama
Don't be afraid! Even if you are on the side of injustice, Lord Rama is still willing to forgive, as showcased by his grace to King Ravana in the war between them.
There are a lot of variants about how Rama reacted to Sita's captivity among other things. A few common veins show up, though, and among the more common variants, there is the version that suggests that Ravana didn't really have any sort of interest in Sita -- she was just a tool of revenge for the mutilation and insult leveled against his sister.
Hanuman "discovering" that Sita was held captive and under the guard of several demons was a more fleshed out portion of the story. Hanuman was able to shapeshift and disguise himself so that he could easily sneak in and rescue Sita himself. Sita distrusted him saying on account of shapeshifting demons being able to trick her the first time around. Hanuman proved his honesty by ripping open his own chest displaying the divine images of Rama and Sita that were apparently the only things in his heart. Sita still refuses saying that she can only leave if Rama allows it (which is a code for saying Rama should get his own hands dirty rather than having a follower do all the work for him).
Most versions don't really say that Rama distrusted Sita himself, but that he had to make certain things happen on principle because he had the duties of a king and even otherwise was not prone to let his personal feelings cloud his judgment. To a large extent, this is kind of the overarching character of Rama -- he's more or less a dutifully principled person, completely idealistic, completely adherent to his moral code and will shun his own opinions over those principles. He is a direct contrast to the later incarnation, namely Krishna, who represents the absolute pragmatist and subscribes to a sort of "ends justifies the means" moral code. Rama is the starry-eyed idealist, while Krishna is the asshole who gets results.
Lol "While Rama is the starry eyed idealist, Krishna is the asshole who gets the results" 😄😆😃
How can we trust this version,when they are both avatars of Lord Vishnu,but u insult Shri Krishna.They are 1, except they appear at different times on earth for different reasons,Rama because to guide by high moral spiritual principles,lord Krishna to ensure continuity of dharma,and to ensure justice for the treatment given to Phandhavas.
RAMAYANA wasnt written in 5th century ,one of the New Versions like RAMCHARITMANAS was written in 5th century..the 1ST RAMAYAN was written in SANSKRIT more than 5000yrs ago by sage VALMIKI who was present in LORD RAM's Era and write RAMAYAN as a Biography of LORD RAM and his life....
@Eric W. so Budhha is older than Hindu god concepts? Is that what you are saying? May be the concept of Vishnu was introduced under different circumstances but at present he is a supreme god for All Hindus.
@Eric W. brah Buddha said god is bleh why Buddhist treat him as god then? In india it wasnt just bad kings but the fact that Buddhism was asking for ritual and idol worshipping of what it was against. Made people think wtf is going on here
@Eric W. Lol Nirvana and Moksha are the same thing.
@Eric W. Lol that's where your understanding is wrong. Purusharthas are not paths but goals/ objectives of human pursuit. Artha can also mean meaning of life other than just materialistic possessions. And every person on earth are born with one or more cause/ objectives/ meaning. Again Dharma also means following the path of righteousness or ethics rather than simply being indulgent in ritualistic beliefs. Moksha literally means liberation ( both singular or United). Also Moksha and Dharma are given more importance compared to Kama and Artha. Kama is literally depicted as an optional goal. Though some school of thoughts suggest without a tiny bit of one cannot develop attachment and prema ( pure love) to the universe.
Anyway, without reading Upanishads, Sankhya, Naya and Darshana philosophy one cannot understand a drop of the essence of Sanatana dharma, the religion of eternal ethics. Bodhisattva debated only after reading and studying those principles completely. Your words clearly speaks for Arrogance and Pride do they not? Were these things included in the teachings of Bodhisattva?
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puru%E1%B9%A3%C4%81rtha
@Eric W. Extremely sorry to hear that sad incident. But all Hindu kings were not like that. The first known historic king of India Bimbisara was a just and pious man hailing from a bratya Kshatriya family ( a family who used to be Shudras long ago) allowed practicing both Sanatana and Jaina dharma in his kingdom. He also stopped Ashwamedh yagna on Bodhisattva's request. His son unfortunately was not like that so after becoming the king Ajatshatru the son imprisoned his father and maternal uncle and persecuted and booted all the non- Sanatanis which in turn is also opposing one of the rules of Sanatani Raajanya dharma ( rules for a king/ every subject of your kingdom has the right of equal justice according to Ramayana). Chandragupta Maurya converted to Jainism in his old age Ashoka and his family followed Bodhisattva and tried spreading both Hinayana and Mahayana across the globe. The Guptas in spite of being Hindus protected the Stupas and Mahabiharas from the Huns and Sassanids. They even raised Nalanda to the level of Mahavihara ( university) which is why the scholar gave them the title Shakraditya. Kanishka was a devotee of Kumara ( Kartik/ Murugan) and Vighnesha ( Ganesha) still he got interested in Buddhism and became a sponsor for a Buddhist grand meeting. But brahmanas did bring us some major frustrations from the history. I mean there are many brahmans who spent their entire lives for the reformation and the betterment of the religious and cultural conditions like Adi Shankaracharya, Shri Chaitanya dev, Shri Ramkrishna, Vishnu gupta / chaanakya from ancient India but mostly they have failed us and couldn't protect us from the invasions or the corruptions of Varna system, Sati etc.
There's nothing wrong with Buddha's philosophy. My personal problem with his theories is that by denying the importance of the Trinity gods and the deities when they have their specific roles and especially their heroic deeds are undeniable. For example if it was not for Devi Parvati/ Durga we Indians would have been conquered and enslaved long ago by the Assyrians long before Turkish or British invasion. But Buddhism ( especially Hinayana) teaches us to simply ignore them. However Mahayana in an indirect way approves some gods like Avalokiteshwara is probably some aspects of Shiva/ Rudra. Tara is probably their counterpart of Parvati, Pragna paramita is probably Saraswati etc etc. Then again with my tiny bit of knowledge I don't even have the caliber of questioning Bodhisattva. 😅
And no, I'll definitely not ask you to consider Sanatanism or so called ' Hinduism'. It's just that proper appreciation of things are expected sometimes.
Another thing is that we Indians and Sri Lankans are pretty much the same race, brown asians with the exception of one/ two genes. Even if some of us were 'Aryans' they're never as white as the Caucasians. So we need to chill. Pranam🙏
There is a lot of Speculation in this telling of Ramayana but if you read the Srimad Bhagavatam from ISKCON publications the whole story is revealed.
ISKCON is the Indian parallel of an Abrahamic cult. They demonize all other Hindu beliefs.
In India usually every story has alternate versions. And with every retelling of these stories, newer versions are made. We accept them all, knowing that this is how human imagination works.
I love the artwork you use. Beautiful.
Lord Rama was contagious he fought demons without any fear he refused wealth kingdom just to keep his father's words, he fought against strongest demon on planet King Ravna just for his wife Sita we all should follow lord Rama and crave to be kind being like.him!
Ramayan is unedited. Each verse of ramayan can be used as mantra and be used for attaining many supernatural feats and powers as well as accomplish impossible tasks.
Here you are talking about our culture with great enthusiasm whereas here we are losing it. Thank you brother. For your dedication towards ur work.
Love You Lord Rama.
Bruv I'm not hindu but I can tell the story more accurately
He made many mistakes in the story.
There are atleast twenty iterations of the rama raavana story my dude.with very radical differences in each of them.so there is no correct way of saying it at this point.
You must be an Indian..
Haha
I like that. Whatever the religion of Indians this body of literature is our common heritage.
I need to clarify that avatars of vishnu like ram and krishna did not have blue skin rather they had dark skin quite commom in indian people.....blur ink was used in portraits because black ink would not show facial features and from there blue skin kind of stuck on.....Ram's other name is Shyam which translates to black saying someone whose skin is dark...similarily Krishna's name is also another name for black which probably stood for their darker skins.....also Godess Kali name also means black......infact if you go to ancient temples like in puri you will see lord vishnu portrayed in black ink.......i wish people would acknowledge this and not think that black and dark skin is undesirable because our gods sure had them
I heard a story once that Krishna got his skin color from after he dove down to fight that snake in the poisoned lake. The poison from the water/snake caused his skin to turn bluish/grey...
OMG! The other day I saw Lord Vishnu during meditation and you posted about Lord Vishnu and today apparently I got some vision related to Ramayana and then you post this!!!!!!
Fantastic vid, really interesting stuff 😎🤙 I can't wait for more 💜
You did a very impressive job with pronounciation. Keep up the good work
These stories are symbolic....there is deep meaning and philosophy in it
This is the first Hindu god to capture my interest. He reminds me alittle of Gilgamesh or Heracles. Speaking of Gilgamesh, you should totally do one on him! Or Marduk. Either one are very interesting myths imo. Though it is said that Gilgamesh was a real person.
Sir there is a story of mamu neeth similar to gilgamesh
Pretty much all myths are real the bridge of Rama (Rama Setu) still exists
He's considered a historical person by Indians
Beautifully done. What made you interested in recounting these great stories for the rest of us? Your voice is perfect and... we all learn as we go. Thanks.
Ooooooh you are doing Hindu Mythology. You are very well versed I love this channel!!!!!!😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆
Thanks so much :)
Its History Not Mythology
Thank you for this Video! great work love your content 😍🙏 please keep more of these coming!😍🙏
When Ram needed to cross over to lanka, a bridge was made by the vanara(monkey men) with stones. As per the legend, the word Ram was written on them so that they float.
From recent satellite images, a stone bridge from India to Sri Lanka can be seen, many believe this is the same bridge from the story.
Nice video. The beautiful thing about the Ramayan is the many symbolisms underlying it.
I appreciate your use of the Smite depictions as the images in your videos.
Would love to see a well researched vid on the Hindu Soul Collector Yama. Not many people except those who are well educated in Hinduism would know about Yama being Hindu--especially since the pop culture tv show Charmed misrepresented him as being of Chinese (Mandarin) mythological history-- this was in the episode Dead man dating, guest starring Vietnamese actor, John Cho.
Lord Rama is the greatest warrior king of India mythology
Misrepresentation of Lord Rama. He is duty bound and his time on this dimension is an example of how one should conduct their lives even through the face of adversity adhearing to values
You should do one on the new Zealand Maori warriors if you don't know much about them I'd look them up, there very interesting
U did a damn good job
It’s India’s history, not mythology
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Some colonise mind would Lough at you but yes, it's Indian history... Old Indian history is writing in poetic rhythm and abstract idea's that people can remember and find more interesting.All the places mentioned in Ramayana and Mahabharata are still exists on Indian subcontinent.You can find Ram Setu etc.
@@rishavrai99999 Sum funny?
@@Raven7400 yea...his sarcasm...he is joking... Ram's age was 1500 yrs(Hinduism is 5000yrs old)...if ram is 1500 and his sons are too that means half Hinduism just spend on these two only and other half for others 😂
Dumbass really don’t know the difference between mythology and history
Please do a video on The Boshin War.
Still waiting for the legendary warrior Tadakatsu Honda!
Its ताड़कासुर........taadkasur....
@@Mojo.Jojo. Bhai o Japanese warrior ki bat Kar rha hai na ki trakasur ka
@@gamersmitra7993 pahle ki japan aur bharat ke legends almost same the bhai
What an epic an beautiful story.. I heard a different story in a movie about them, From newer version of "The Little Princess". I can't remember the story, but it was different. I really love your channel.
You can watch Ramayana in English on RUclips. Watch animated movie Legend of Prince Rama.
Shabash! spot on! You have outdone yourself.
For your western civilisation benefit: Rama is known as 'Sarvottam Purush'.. meaning Epitome of Manhood. He never doubted Sita ever...!! difficult to understand for modern jealous men.. But that's Ram for you..beyond your perception :-)
I like to think because he was born human and so honorable he could not escape his karma for causing harm even if it was to save his kingdom, help others and fight demons. And it was the cruel judgemental society that did Sita wrong. One that some modern values may improve.
It is a warrior's duty to fight evil... and he was a warrior, but it is not his right to do whatever he wats.
There is a very good feminist move about Sita, called "Sita sings the Blues" and such perspectives. Why Rama was jealous or acted jealous. And that a just feminist society where are people are treated fairly is the best solution.
A human cannot grant themselves eternal happiness. Even with the infinite powers of Rama. And he was able to reconcile with his sons.
Kaikaye was the third wife of King Dasharatha
A lot versions of the Ramayana end when Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana return home or do not have Rama banish Sita, because of how people across the centuries and cultures prefer to have the story to have a happy ending rather than the depressing ending seen in other versions of the tale.
Great series! More please.
Actually Lord Rama and Mata Sita are the avatars of Lord Vishnu and Goddess Laxmi. When Lord Vishnu married Goddess Laxmi, her father didn't approve and cursed their marriage. Lord Vishnu is of course a God but he accepted the curse out of respect to his father in law. The curse was that they can never really be together in the world as mortals or as incarnations. That's why Mata Radha and Lord Krishna never could be together and Lord Rama and Mata Sita couldn't be together. You see it wasn't the doubt of chastity because Ravana couldn't touch Mata Sita, is any anyone else who isn't Lord Rama touched her he would instantly burn and Lord Rama knew that. But he was a king and his subjects and his people doubted Mata Sita and questioned her and questioned the kingdom of his father. That's the story
I love this story! Heard bits and pieces of it for the 1st time in the movie A Little Princess
there is another revisionist version called Sita sings the Blues
I love lord Rama
I just noticed this is like the backstory of the anime Dororo but with a much better outcome, and instead of a curse he was blessed. This story is also quite similar to the tale of Momotaro, who recruits the aide of various creatures and allies along his way to the Onigashima, or Demon Island.
Sita is not a woman she is our mother...we love her..she live everyone no one is as innocent as my mother..and she would not even hurt a ant
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Ravan was a devout worshipper of lord Shiv and was granted partial immorality for his great devotion and prayer. In a few versions he is written as a virtuous man who kidnapped Sita to avenge his sister Shupnakha. So its possible that he was demonised in the stories written by the victorious side, specially by the puritans who want to call his death victory of good over evil.
Thank you for the excellent, well-written and produced videos on a topic not covered well currently. Your vid asks for a recommendation what you could do next. Can you please do Visnu or Brahma or Savitr? I think Visnu would be particularly cool. Thank you.
Two points I have to mention.
First Lord Ram never doubted Mother Sita. He loved her. He loved her to the extent that despite huge pressure from his people and sages he never married again. He openly claimed that he belongs to Sita and no one else.
He exiled mother Sita because people of his kingdom were suspicious and gossips were happening all over country that King Ram doesn't deserve to be a king as he's a man who is so captured by love of his wife that he has put an impure woman on throne with him. This hit Ram and Sita hard. Even Sita never blamed Ram for anything but people for being suspicious of her. This is only reason Lord ram asked her to cross the fire.
Second Dashratha never asked Ram for exile. Lord Ram was his favorite son. However in India it is believed that promise deserve more value than life. Dashratha gave 2 promises to his wife kaikeyi which she used to demand such unforgiving terms. Lord Ram went to forest by himself because he didn't want his father to be known as the one who didn't fullfill his promise.
the Ramayana has a lot of versions, some say that he DID doubt her
@@kotaniyumiko I feel bad replying to a 1 year old comment but the oldest version is the original which is valmiki ramayana, there are many indian versions which tell almost the same story with slight differences and all the indian versions have the same ending, the only completely altered versions are the versions that aren't from india.
The beginning of a little princess makes so much sense now.
One mistake vishnu and their avatar is not blue they all dark gods , all those animation and coloring of statue came in India 90's , due to racism toward black people they all are dark or brown
Thank you for these!
I love it! @ 7:04 Rama = level-up
The story tells you how you should be.
How a brother should be: Laxman who gave up everything to follow Ram. Bharat who never sat on throne and waiting for Ram.
How a Son should be: Ram who gave up everything and went on exile to keep his father’s words.
How a wife/woman should be: Sita never betrayed Ram nor she was tainted by Ravan. She also did not let Ram question her integrity and decides to leave rather than being questioned.
How an enemy should be: Ravan never touched siita never forced himself. He respected Ram and Ram respected him.
Thats what religions and beliefs are for to teach you the way of life. Be it hinduism, christianity or islam.
Ravan was not demon. He was half Asura and Half Brahmin. In India there are Demon (danav),Manav ( human), raakshak (monster), Daitya (gaints), Asur (this is difficult to explain in English), Dev (lord regarding fire god wind god god of rain all those sort of devines), then comes tridev Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, tri dev are not some elements god or Material god but god beyond human view like space time creation Destruction Cosmic energy black hole radiation and all those thing which are intangible but most necessary parts of Entire universe. So you get it the difference between Asur and Demon. Demon are from Hell and Asur are on earth could be good as well as evil just like human.
Sorry bro it’s not “hindu mythology “ it’s “Hindu history “
Do the Mahabharata
Don't get me wrong... I am happy you are covering legends and epics beyond your culture, and i am even subscribed to you, but you gotta do better research as some of the points you mentioned are either incomplete or not completely correct. But still good effort.
Ravan is not demon. He belongs to the Asura clan, his father a sage named Vishravas and mother Kaikasi the daughter of an Asura king.
And Ravana is not the villain of Ramayana. He is the anti- hero, having many qualities which makes him a worthy opponent of Rama.
He is very handsome, very intelligent, a great scholar, an excellent musician and the foremost devotee of lord Shiva.
Ravana is believed to be the author of several treatises on medicine, esp one dealing with balachikitsa or paediatrics according to South Indian literary traditions. He is also credited with the authorship of a treatise on magic and occult named Kuchumara tantra.
He was a great musician who impressed lord Shiva with his excellent rendition of the Sama veda, who then gifted Ravana with Chandrachudam, a deadly sword. And one of the greatest hymns dedicated to Shiva named SHIVA TANDAVA STOTRAM is attributed to Ravana.
In several versions of Ramayana, Ravana is Sita's father who had to abandon her at birth due to a prophecy that she will bring bad luck to the kingdom of Lanka. He kidnaps her to spare her the hardship of forest life but can't reveal his truth to her. He also hopes to die by Rama's hands so that he can get salvation.
And according to Ramayana, when Ravana dies Rama honours him saying he was a worthy king and asks Vibhishana to cremate him with due honours. When he refuses initially, Rama says that then he will do it himself.
Thank you! I appreciate the clarity of this video. Straight to the point. Awesome.
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good vid. some helpful context for better understanding the movie RRR
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God Bless Rama, Hanuman, The Holy Ghost and Jesus Christ
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From what I know Ravan was a Pandit, had great knowledge & wisdom and he was able to see future, hence those 10 heads. Inhabiting elixir in his belly button, he was immortal. He wanted to die and for that he kidnapped Sita so Ram may come to kill him. Also, Ravan never layed his shadow on Sita's body in the Vatika (garden where he kept Sita) (though he kidnapped her so I don't know how "not laying his shadow on her" works but essence is that he respected her and wouldn't do anything to her without her permission.
Another form of story is that his 10 head increased his pride and he wanted Sita, but ended up dead.
Another one is like if he catch cold he would stay busy cleaning his nose. So there you go, I hope it helps.
the first one is the original, but he wasn't a pandit but a bhramin, pandit is an occupation and bhramins are the caste eligible for it. He was half bhramin half asura, he got those ten heads by praying to shiva, and the elixir from bhrama but he couldn't digest the elixir so it was stored in his stomach, making him partially immortal. He didn't ''want'' to die though, he was the reincarnation of one of Vishnu's gatekeepers who had a curse of reincarnating to be obstacles in Vishnu's avatars. He didn't lay a shadow on her; apart from kidnapping her, and contrary to the popular belief he didn't have any specific interest in her but rather wanted to take revenge for his sister Surpankha. Also no, he didn't know the future, he knew palmistry, astrology and many other things but didn't directly know the future, if he did he would've listened to Vibhishan or his own son Indrajit or even Kumbhakaran who all tried to stop him.
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But correction nail and Neal help Rama build the bridge (ream setu)
No Rama did not doubt sita. As a Prince his people started questioning Rama that how can a abducted Princess be their queen so as a new king he had to ask Sita. And sita did not jump in fire she was going to but was stopped by ram. After going back to kingdom when she comes to know she is pregnant same people started questioning Sita's purity she her self decline her Queenship. Rama being a king when separatede from sita he started sleeping on ground he gave up all the royalty and leisure. Neither he got remarried. He went through same penence and suffering as sita went. As a king he had to listen to his people and as a husband ye had to go through all the sufferings Sita went through.
I love Lord Shiva 🙏, also Rama Hanuman, Maga Kali 🥰❣️🙏😻
Ravan was himself a devotee of Shiva, and Hanuman was an avatar of Shiva. At the end of the battle, Ravana released whom he was messing with all this time.
This story sounds eerily parallel and similar to all the drama 🎭 that is taking place in my family. Creeps me out
Ravana was not demon nor evil person (earlier) he was one of the greatest devotee of lord Shiva due to which he was so power full he once sacrificed his head for shiva for which he was granted blessing of 10 heads (or whose head cannot be ampute) but as we say absolute power corrupts that's what happened with him he was consumed by his pride and was not able to identify rama Avatar as well his sister's wrong action which led to his end
This reminds me of the story that's told in the old movie "A Little Princess".
Well you can watch animated movie Legend of Prince Rama.
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Very nicwly abridged and done. Can you do one on Varuna, the god of the oceans?
This is my favourite god. No nonsense, no uncontrollable energies and power, no confusion and scare. He is the purest form of love and bliss.
He has very human emotions and he is just a guy being a guy of his time. He is presented as a role model for how a REAL man should be (not some feminist crap definition of real man).
@42 jade "Man of his time". Dont you understand that phrase.
Also stop judging people based on what ought to be ideal, according to you, because it changes all the time.
Come the war all of a sudden your definition of a real man changes in an instant.
I would rate a person who leaves his pregnant wife for the sake of his kingdom, his oath to protect his kingdom, much more than a person who hangs on to his wife for their mutual comfort and well being.
Please make more videos about the hindu gods 🙏
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Jai Shree Rama
Please do a video on Lord Vishnu Too
There were some inaccurate information, the bridge was built by monkeys using stone ,on each stone they wrote lord Rama name and stone would float , (you can actually see Rama Setu from Google world it's between south tip of India and Sri Lanka) . Second Rama asked sita for proof because as a king it was necessary for his kingdom to have righteous and trust worthy queen , he trusted her , in another version during the abduction of sita the fire goddess swaps place with sita , and sita being stuck in other world ,so in order to bring back sita the the goddess had to burn herself . When luv and Kush became old and sita went back to goddess earth , Rama was sad and he left his human form and ended the incarnation of Rama . There are many which is accurate and which is not cannot be determined .
HI!! what books should i look for?! To research more about this time history and deitys. Where should i start? Thanks
Vedas
Purans
Ramayana
Mahabharata
Bhagwat Geeta
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