RAMNA
DEVESH AGARWAL -
18/10/2002
Introduction
The story is a fiction, based and Inspired by many by many Hindu Puranas and Literatures, but has its own uniqueness .
The story mainly focuses on the era where asuras have come to a conclusion to live peacefully in their own domain and follow the path that shri rama has shown to them.
The story itself follows a girl named Ramna, who was an adopted child, and her adopted parents were asuras but they took care of her like their own child and treated her well. And as the story goes down she discovers some facts and goes on a mission to take what belongs to them.
The Setting
The story is based after the event of Ramayana, and replicates a scenario of war. Which was happening between two ideologies.
The Characters
Ramna - Ramna is a girl around 16 years old, who was adopted by her parents at a very little age, and the story follows her to her past and future. Her life in the land of asur was difficult because of her not so demonic look and appearance. But in time she proves her worth, and be the warrior she wanted to be .
Plot
Beginning: the story starts with the antagonist of this story who's name is, Varahmi, who is the ruler of ichchadhari nag. A kind of demi human, who has the ability to transform into snakes and shapeshifting like anyone they like with the added benefit of Toxicating venom. He was a foul rural but a great king for his own people. But due to his power and wishes/blessings granted by Lord Shiva and Brahma he was Inevitable undefeated. And the desire to conquer the whole world was very concerning for the gods.
He didn't have any interest in swarga, the land of God's. and narka, the land demons and asuras. But he has a keen interest in dominating the whole earth with his power.
Seeing the threat he posed, the God pleaded with Lord Vishnu, ( the protector of earth and one of the supreme Gods from the Trinity of Hinduism.) To take another avatar to protect the humanity for this evil dweller, but the time has already prophesied that the next avatar of Lord Vishnu will be the Kalki avatar and he'll appear in the end of Kaliyuga, which is quite far now. And that will very late for humanity.
Seeing this all gods start to worry about the earth's safety, cause varahmi has the ability to summon Lord shiva the ( God of Destruction, main part of Hindu Trinity,) for his help, and if anyone who has the chance of defeating Lord shiva has to be Lord Vishnu. Seeing this Vishnu provides them with an answer.
Lord Vishnu sents his loyal vahana Lord garuda, (a shape shifting human like bird, which has a body of a human and a head of eagle like bird, he has long claws like talans and huge wings to fly, and can fly in speed faster then light.) To help them achive ther goal. He went to fight him, but Garuda got impressed by the display of power that Varahmi showed. They fought 8 days straight, and ended up in Garuda's defeat, which he took pridefully. Lord Vishnu never told Garuda to kill him, he told him to check his power and in form, which he did . And after seeing his display of power, Lord garun offers him a marriage proposal for his daughter, Garuni . Which he accepted. And gave him his word that no Gridh ( vulture) and other birds who harm snacks will not harm them, if they kept following Sri Hari's name.
And seeing this ordeal, Gods become even more worried for earth's safety. But Lord Vishnu assured them about that. That time has his own way to protect itself
And soon enough an akashvani happens. ( an incident where the sky itself announces the demise or the future of someone or somekind.) And the akashvani warned the king varahmi that the celebration he was having of his victory and the joyment , will be a short come, when his blood was born. love between a snack and a eagle, is prohibited, and by there love whoever shall born will eat his whole empire and be the cause of his death, love between to enemies by nature is breaking the law of nature. that this child who was born by the five elements of nature will mix his whole empire and himself on those elements . And if he wants to leave or he wants his kingdom to leave he has to kill his own blood
And after that he made some really bad diccitions, thinking about his people first he acted like a king, and after talking to his wife, who denied his whole request, and didnt wanted to kill his child..
But being the king he grabs his bundle from her hands and tossed it in the pit of deadliest snakes in the pits of hell. That has no chance of escaping.
And queen garuni seeing all this ordered her maid, who was also a garun to take her little daughter away from hear which was in a saprate bundle.
And the king varahmi saw this, and immediately recognized her trick, and shots his poison beam on her maid, making her fall on the ground..
And read the rest.
The story begins.
After falling on the first surrounded by the jungle and trees, the maid garun reaches the cliff, in the night time holding a little basket of sunshine in bed hands, crawling on the cliff with her broken wings, and the poisoning effect of the king's power was decaying her skin. And she can hear the king's soldiers coming in her direction. Then he starts to crawl on the cliff crying, pushing the crate a little further.
And the soldiers of the king was really getting closed to him.
And in her last ditch effort, she called the name of Sri Hari Vishnu, she called for help, and a lightning storm hit the area, destroying the whole cliff, making a dust cloud everywhere.
And from that dust, a phoenix like bird emerged. A long feathered bird, whose tail was long and slick and glimmers Like stars with fiery color on it.
The holy bird has the child basket on his beak . And starts flying over the forest.
The holy bird was graceful and beautiful. It flew through the mountains and beautiful land areas. Goddess Bhumi (also known as Bhudevi by many is the goddess of land and personification of motherland) by her nature form of land, was there to witness this incident and guid the bird to its direction, and provides the child with a healthy form and blessings for a prosperous future.
The bird flew over the dark and thundres storms, above the clouds, glittering the child with the moon's beauty. You can feel Lord Chandra ( Hindu God of moon and symbol of beauty) in her natural form, who was present there to grant the child some beauty. And Lord vayu ( god of wind and symbol of strength and bravery.) In his natural form of wind Provides the child strength and bravery of ten thousand humans.
And after some time the bird Plummeted down to the forests, and watched the burning forest there.
The holy bird flies over the fire to provide the child's cold body some much needed warmth. And the fire has no effect on the kid. It was harmless against her. And the grace of fire was just adding fuel to the holy bird. and the fire was like a dance around her. Agni Deva ( god of fire and symbol of wisdom and divinity ) in bus natur firm agni swarup, was himself showing his gratitude to the child. And provides the child wisdom of a sage and divinity of a Gods, and resistance to fire.
Then the holy bird passes the man land and reaches the waterline, the sea.
And the bird lowered herself to touch the water below, and clenched her claws on the water sprinkling it on the child, making it giggle in joy.
And Lord Varun ( Hindu God of sea and water, and symbol of justice and morality.) In his nature form of water, Providing the child a sense of justice and a moral view of the world.
And after flying for days, the ride reaches its destination.
Ancient Lanka, county and homeland of all asuras. Brother of God and devotee of Lord Shiva and Ravana . Opposite or sura or devas the gods of Hinduism. And asuras were Famous for their manhunt and their means of interfering with holy rituals.
But now the time has changed.
After the defeat of ravana ( an ancient king of asuras and great devotee of Lord shiva, and a profound knowledge of all Granthas, literatures and creter of some of them) who was a cruel king for others, who forcefully took lord Rama ( the seventh avatar of Lord Vishnu and a known God in Hindu mythology, famous for his simplicity and kindness. ) wife goddess Sita ( daughter of Bhudevi, and adopted daughter of king Janak, a kind ruler of videha) away from him. Lord Rama came and defeat him for his wrong doings in life which cause many others pain and suffering,
And after Ravana's defeat, his younger brother Vibhishan ( younger brother of Ravana who never left the path of dharma, a true concept of truth and morals. ) Become the next king of Lanka, and spread the dharma to his people, and make the land of asuras to a more peaceful land like others. And currently its habitat is doing all good on that front.
Vikita and karthigai. Was an old asur couple. Who were craving and praying for a child where about to leave the shores on a wooden boat to go to the city Rameshwaram land of holiness and land of sages, in hopes of praying for a child.
They were kind and followers of Lord Rama's path of dharma, they were human-like with some minor indication of being an asur -like elongated teeths, not like a vampire or anything but like a Predator. According to Hindu literature, asuras have the same characteristics of a God or a human, they aren't depicted asur by any natural or a part of a body or any color bases differences. According to this litrechar , asur is a personification and real life presentation of Adharma opposite of dharma. Which contains all the bad deeds and wrongdoing of a person and his inner desires which make them asur.
Seeing that, this can be said that an asur with qualities of gods can be worshiped and pressed like a God. And a God who has the qualities of an asur can be depicted as one. Because they are brothers in blood.
Vikita and karthigai, who were an asur couple, were about to leave the shore in thundurus weather .
The rower of the ship, who in the local region called kevat was warning them about the weather. A storm could be waiting for them, the route is long, and that might be dangerous.
And karthigai who was a common soldier in kings rule said that he has talked to the Jyothis of the area and he has prophesied that the weather will be cleared in the middle way. And he has also prophesied that this will be a success. He said the last part to ensure her wife and himself.
They were about to depart when her wife heard a crying sound of a child coming from the other side of the shoer, due to her super hearing she was able to hear that, but maybe her husband did not. And She pointed her finger in the direction of the noise, and her love and motherly instinct took over her and she ordered his husband to go there and check. The kevat of the board warned them that the area is covered with crocodiles and no child can be there. And that's the opposite way where they want to go, and if they want to reach there before morning they have to leave now. And he told them it could be her imagination and that Lord Rama was making her hear.
And being an asur has its benefits, she deepened her voice and warned them, if they won't let her go there she'll eat them. And they have no doubt she will. A female asur is naturally stronger than a male one. They followed her direction, and so far they found none and the kevat spotted some crocodiles there. The husband started to worry, but the wife was trying to focus on the sound. The thunderstorm was having its effect. Making the wild creatures to hide.
The kevat voiced his taughts Lord Indra ( king of gods and the God of rain and thunder.) is impressed by something. Because the thunder was like a dance that day.
They were going to the unpopulated area of the island county. Boating for some time on shore, the excited kevat looked at the worried husband in a look that said make it fast.
And the poor husband clasped his hand on her wife's shoulder which she immediately shrugged, indicating she knew what they were thinking, And hisses.
Some time passed and The kevat was about to say something when the wife shouted.
" There " And pointed her finger in a certain direction.
And when they turned they saw where she was pointing, they saw a basket on top of a stone. And now they can hear the sound of a child crying. And after hearing that the kevat and the husband start paddling even faster, not wanting to provoke the angry asur. And after reaching there the woman and two men rain toward the basket, and when the woman touches the basket, an angry holy bird emerges from the back of the stone, scratches on them, and swipes her fathered tail on them, breaking the huge stone on the way. And after seeing the danger of the bird the husband Karthigai who was a soldier, used her demonic powers, and cloned himself in town separate bodies each having little difference from another. The bird starts tossing them and slices them like paper overwhelming them, when the kevat with his power, tossed a stream of water on the bird's face which was not more than a breeze to her. Karthigai cloned himself even more and warned her wife that the bird was behind the child, and they had to leave the child if they wanted to leave. But the woman in desperation said. If he wants to leave with her and wants to eat food made by her, he has to save the child . And the mankhi sewing this told them they can fight later when they riches home. And they entered the forest.
The holy bird was about to grab the real karthigai, when the little child cries and the bird takes her claws away. Then the child starts to cry even more and the wife, Vikita, tries to calm the child and she succeeds in getting calm . Then the kevat told them to separate their ways. And the wife kept running on the middle lane, and soon enough the bird stopped following them , and the wife, in hopes of getting safe, went into a tree trunk. Ans cradles the child into her soft empress, hugging it.
She said some soothing words to it. And the child starts making sleeping noises, indicating that it was about to sleep.
And when she thought everything was fine, the bird landed in front of a tree, and she covered her mouth. And hugged the child tighter. The holy tailed bird starts to check the area slowly. The woman knew she was out matched and threw. The bird has the power level of God's and maybe even more then, and she didn't want to know how much. The bird marches the area, and makes a circle of the area. Then the woman saw the basket which she dropped earlier to run faster in the beak of the bird. And then she looked at the impression of the bird, and the bird looked sad. The bird was looking desperately, and looked to be in pain. And vikita knows that pain all too well. It was about losing something that you can never have back.
She slowly walks out from the trunk, shaking a bit.
And as soon as she came out the Holi bird noticed her. And turned her judgemental angry gaze on her, and started scratching on her.
And vikita in fear presented the child to her . She wasn't happy doing it, but her motherly instinct was telling her to believe in that bird.
And after seeing the child, the bird became less violent and started to assess the situation. And after that, the bird looked at the child's face, and the child looked happy. The holy bird presented her basket and the woman put the baby down on it. And the bird tools her beak away from her.
And after giving back the child, vikita feels great shorow, her heart got attached the moment she heard child's cry. And after giving the child to the bird, the sound of a child crying filled the rainy forest. And when she looked the child was on the edge of the basket looking at her with teary eyes.
And when Vikita saw it, she immediately forwarded her hands to grab the child with her arms. And the child falls in her hand like a melon. She was heavy for some reason. And after having the child in her arms she stood in front of the bird, Protactivly. And the bird who saw this whole ordeal looked at her, And then the child. And after a scratch leaves the child in her care, with a color changing father on top of her.
Vikita reached the shore with the newborn baby in her hands, her husband and Kevat were there with some armed man with bow and arrow, and swords in their hands. They were all asuras in different sizes, a tall one and some dwarf ones. But one thing was common in their traits, and it was a demonic lion-like creature holding a hunter-like weapon of some sort. Printed on their ancient battle armor plates with some color markings on their body, mainly cloudy white, With normal clothes.
When Karthigai saw his wife, he immediately ran towards her and checked her for injuries and asked him about the Maya pakchi ( a mysterious bird) . He informed them that they saw the bird flying over the forest some time ago, and that it's some sort of magical creature and the child could be his or her, they don't know.
And the wife seeing her husband's worry stopped his rambling by showing her hands then, informed him about the child that, Lord shiva has itself granted her this daughter, who has grace of a queen and looks that any deity will kill for, he warned the gathered crowd that this child is hers and no one can deny that. He told them that the holy bird has given her this child to take care of. And there no one has the power to stop her. They talked about giving the child up for adoption. But she stopped them by telling them,
" she has the beauty of a kind that many Apsaras( Indian depiction for beautiful female dancers who dance in traditional style in god's court.) Would kill for, have a majestic look that even the sun will take his eyes away for. You want to give that kind of child up for adoption!. This kind of girl was born once in ages. See " She showed them the girl.
" This kind of charisma, when did you ever see this much charisma in a child ? She is born for greatness, " And his husband tries to reason by saying she is a daughter of a Maya pakchi. And her wife defended by saying she willingly gave this child to her. And if anyone is there they can talk to Lord Rama himself to convince me. And no one has the guts to do that.
The girl will grow up to be a miracle..
On the day of her first meal, known as Annaprasan, a fest a ritual that happens after a child's birth to celebrate her first meal other than her mother's meal. This is the first day where the child will eat something else than just milk. There were all kinds of foods and flesh of different kinds of animals and cooked crocodiles as well. And by the looks of it, she wasn't liking the crocodile that much. Vikita first, made her new daughter taste honey, which she didn't like. And then they do a ritual where the child has to pick a gift of his liking, from different shades of things. Which includes, toys, weapons, food, money, makeup things and a lot more.
They put her on the ground in the middle of that circle, and she started to walk in the direction of makeup and her father was liking that, and her mother wasn't. She looked pissed, and seeing his husband so happy made her even more pissed, and when he noticed her expression he became quiet. Then Ramna changed her direction and walked in the direction where weapons were situated, specifically a bow and arrow to be precise. And her mother started cheering and her father looked worried.
After that ceremony of naming the child, also known as Namakarn, a ritual to name the kid. And in that ritual they write the name of the child on rice grains. They spread the rise on a plate then, carved the name by their finger, and they named their children . They named the girl ' RAMNA '. A name meaning beauty . Also a nickname pronounced as ' RAVDA ' by parents and family.
She wasn't an asur and everybody knows that. By her looks and her talk.
At the age of three she met the Holi Bird once again. Ramna and her family lived in the city, and their homes were made of gold and stones, the whole city was made of gold. The city of gold, Ravan's golden Lanka.
She was on the balcony looking at the perfect night sky with stars. And the color changing feather was there, and little Ramna was playing with it. Winds were constant in the night time. and a strong wind came, and took the feather of the bird away from it, and the feather flew away from her. And she looked at it with a hurt look clear on her little face . She looked at the flying feather which was slowly going away from her. She tries to reach it, but the border line columbus stopped her, and she has to now watch her little feather slowly going away from her. She was about to cry, when she saw the feather coming back for her. The feather was flying in her direction against the flow of air. And the feather landed on her hands . And she looked at it with amazement. And in Amazement she drops the feather and it automatically flies back to her. And she was amazed. She throws the weather left and right, and plays with it everywhere, and in the process drops several things in house. And when she was again back at the balcony, she noticed that her feather was now dancing, she can move that feather wherever she wants. Then she ordered the feather to make some food, and the feather immediately brought a lizard on his tail end, which she denied by saying, mango. In her little voice. And the feather went to the market, and she heard something falling and some man cursing, and she heard her father scream. She ignored that, and watched the feather bring a mango. Which she took and ate. She likes it so much. Then she said, if I had more of those, I could eat more mangoes. Then her view went to the pet bird that had, and she had a devious smile. And the parrot in the home seeing her smile starts to whimper, by saying.
" Ram bachaye ' ram bachey. " That means God ram please save me. And she was in no mood to hear no for someone.
When her parents came into the house, they found the house in ruins, everything was a mess, and glass ornaments they had were broken, and every flask of beverage was spilled. And from a corner they can hear there talking parrots cursing someone.
And when they reach there and see what's happening they can't stop laughing. There was their daughter and their talking parrots fighting each other. For the fathers. And when they ended the war earlier and put back the parrot in his place with little less feathers, and their little daughter in a corner for some answering, she started to act like a child.
She explained and showed them the feather and they looked at it with amusement, then she asked about the feather and where they got it from . And after hearing that question, their mood changes and they get worried, and motherly instincts take over vikita, and she lies about the wing that Lord Ravana has given it to him . And she also said that there are no more of this kind of feathers, cause they don't know where ravana got that from. And the little girl in child mind asked…
" If I asked Ravana, should he tell me where to find it? " She said that while a ditteemin look came to her face. And her father, in hopes of breaking her false hope and the imagination she was having, was about to tell her the truth. But the glare of her wife made him think twice about his life options twice.
And after that vikita told her the lie that if she grew up to be a fine asur she can meet Lord ravana and asked that question to him.
And Ramna starts to chant that.
" Ramna is going to meet ravana. '' In a happy manner, she didn't know the full story of Ravana, in her view Ravana was the strongest king of Lanka which many gods feared.
At the age of six, Ramma starts to go school, or in Hindu mythology better known as Grurkull .
She has quite grown up now, living in an asuras country has its own benefits. No one would ask anything about your physique or body changes. The kids were there in different sizes.
They were learning under the supervision of their gurus, under an old tree, sitting on mates with different kinds of Vedas in their hands. They were in gurukul's uniform . A classic Indian once.
The teacher was telling them the story of Rmanaya, and trying to explain that to them. And the children were listing that intendedly.
The teacher was explaining to them the ram setu bridge.
" For three days straight Lord Rama worships and prays to Lord Shiva and Lord Varun the God of sea to show them the way to cross the ocean with his army, and help them to succeed in their goal . But lord Varun didn't show up . And when three days of Yagya were overdue and still no signs of any help from the ocean, Lord Rama seeing the arrogance of the oven, Lord Rama got very angry, and brought out his famous weapon rama bana( magical arrows of Lord Rama) and got ready to use it. He warned the ocean that , in his arrogance he denies to help them, he is a hindrance in the way of dharma, and if didn't want him to dry out all the ocean with his arrow he has to show them the way. And seeing this ocean has to Surrender. He can out to greet him, and told them that they have two vanars name Nal and Nil two brothers who ha the ability to build a bridge, and to help them in there goal, he would provide them some rocks that are way less heavier them others rock, and if they write Lord Rama's name on it, it will float in the water. And for five days straight, more than 10 million vanars, make impossible possible. They built a long 34 kilo millimeter bridge connecting Rameshwaram, to Lanka. In just five days, and that was strong enough to endure the weight of a whole army of banaras including Lord hanuman who's weight even Lord Brahma can't tell. That was a miracle. " Then the guru looked at the raised hands of his students, and they were eager to ask some questions.
And seeing this the veteran mahaguru got a genuine smile on his face. And he gestured to them to ask. And a boy near Ramna, asked.
" Guruji if Lord Rama threatened to dry the ocean for his goal. Why did he do that, isn't it wrong? " The student asked, and the guru looked happy. And he happily replied.
" Nature has some laws that are unchangeable for everyone, and no one has the power to break them, and if they break that law they have to face the Consequences for that. Threatening someone's life is wrong, but to deny someone to do the right thing is terrible, now imagine what could have happened if the ocean didn't decide to give him the. Either lord rama should have dried the ocean or Lord rama couldn't find the way to get through . And in both scenarios, the loss will be greater than we could imagine. The ocean has the power to give Lord Rama what he wants, but if do that he'll break nature's law. And if Lord Rama didn't rech Lanka that'll be the end of Ramayana. And as I said earlier, breaking the law of nature has Consequences, ocean breaks that law by providing them with the Assistant they need and because of that he loses a big part of himself because of that. That dessert wasn't the desert from the start, a year ago it was a part of the ocean, with lots of water in it. And if we remember correctly, a Bowman has the duty to fire every single arro he puts on his bow and not to take it back.
"धनुषः कर्तव्यं यत् सः धनुषः संलग्नस्य प्रत्येकस्य बाणस्य पूर्णतया उपयोगं करोति, न तु कदापि पुनः स्थापयति ।"
The mahaguru said in Sanskrit.
That's why Lord Rama has to use that arro he readied. So the great ocean told him to use that arrow on that part of the ocean, and not because he has to use that part as sacrifice to save his skin but also destroy the bad asuras leaving there.
The guru explained his answer. Then Ramna raised her hand and asked.
" What did Rama pay? " She asked everyone to look at her for her lack of respect for Lord Rama's name.
But the mahaguru just smiled and said.
" Did falier sound enough to you? " He said, looking amused.
" Lord Rama may have won the war against Lord Ravana, but he lost the most precious person that he came for. Lord Rama in his journey did some things that are bad in some people's view, like killing vanar Raj Bali who was fighting his younger brother Sugrhiv at that time, or threatening the ocean to change the nature's law to saw them the way of unaliving most of the asuras for one reason that someone took his wife away, may sound bad for many people who heard them for the first time or didn't know the full story of it . We all heard from our parents that Ravana was evil, and asuras were evil, and Lord killed Lord Ravana because he took his wife away, but that's not the full truth. Lord Rama killed Bali because he was spreading the roots of evil and adharma. He kicked out his little brother Shugrive out of his country because of his bad intenses with his brother's wife. Bali was so powerful that he one handedly defeated Dundubhi, an asur famous for his unmatched strength, and he also made Lord ravana admit his defeat against him, he was that powerful. But due to him being a adharmi , a person who didn't follow dharma and go against it, he has to be eliminated, and Sugriv, to be the king, has to fight him first, and that's why he killed him. And about killing most of us that time was because they weren't like us at that time , they were arrogant, and they have no sense of dharma in them, and if that's going on we wouldn't be having this conversation right now should it be. The Ramayana was never about a single person or war and journey; it is about right and wrong, good and evil, dharma - adharma . That's the meaning behind the Ramayana. And if we are talking about what Lord Rama lost. He lost his peace. He killed Ravana, a Pandit, a well known Philosopher and a Brahman . His hand got shocked in the blood of a Brahman, and that's the biggest sin you can ever do, and that's why he got the curse of Bramhhatya . The biggest known punishment in our culture. And if that's not enough, he never got the joy of being with her loving wife, for the rest of his life. When lord Rama reached Ayodya his kingdom, everyone was happy, but among them were some people who started questioning mother sita's purity. She stayed with another man's house for eleven months and fourteen days. We all know that Lord Ravana didn't even touch mother sita during this 11 month time period, but some people in Ayodya didn't see it though, and seeing this, for the belief of his kingdom, to their satisfaction he disowned mother sita. Same mother sita that he killed thousands of asuras for. So losing is For the both sides.
"यः कश्चित् प्राणी अस्मिन् मर्त्यलोके जायते, तस्य लोकस्य सुखदुःखानि भोक्तुं भवति, राक्षसः, पुरुषः, स्वयं नारायणः वा।"
He said in Sanskrit. Then explained it.
Whoever creature born in this mortal World has to experience the joys and suffering of this word, it doesn't matter if the person is a asur, man or Narayana himself. "
Then another student asked.
" MahaGuruji, is the Ramayana true ? Where is the ram setu bridge now? If it's that strong? What happened to it? We didn't see that ." And many others supported his view.
Guruji once again smiled, and said.
" Have you seen your great grandfather? " He asked the students . And many of them said no, in that question.
" You didn't see them, do you have any Maya visions( a vision where your ancestors will show up to guide you ) of them that indicates that he is real, they were real. Some of you may say yes or some of you may say wrong. But the truth is we all have our great grandfather. And the only way to prove that if someone knows that a lot of people have their trust on, or they have any physical proof of that, and that's literally impossible, those incidents happened centuries ago. Because of our parents' way of telling, because of our way of telling, people think that all the characters of Ramayana are fictional. There are tons of statues of Lord Rama and Ravana in different parts of the world, that no fiction of a writer can reach, and if it does, it has to be an impactful story that they spent rbar lot of money and effort to make those enormous statues. And if you want more physical evidence, you can go deep in the West, and see the ram setu Emerged in the sea. And the reason why the bridge isn't there, because of an earthquake that happened years ago. Many people believed that Lord Vibhisan told Lord Rama to destroy that bridge, in fear of an enemy attack. And for those people who still don't wanna believe in that, we can't do anything, it's their own choice to not to believe in.
Many believe that Lord Rama was the reincarnation of Lord Vishnu, and many believe that he was just another human who has some God like powers. But one thing that's true is that, we still worship him, and we will worship him till the end of time. The only thing that matters is belief.
"यदि विश्वासं करोषि तर्हि ईश्वरः, यदि विश्वासं न करोषि तर्हि शिला"
He said in Sanskrit. That means what he said earlier.
" If you believe it's God, if you don't believe then it's just stone. "
Then the class ended, and he informed them that they'll continue the next day, and then leave.
And all the kids there went to the river ro play.
Ramna and her friends, which includes some male asuras in her class, were throwing rocks in the river. Her friends were talking about what they learn in school today, they were again questioning if rock can actually float on the water after writing Lord Rama's name on it. Should we check on it? A kid said from the crowd. And then they asked this question to a rock throwing Ramna, which her friends said, don't ask her, she didn't believe in Lord Rama, and Ramna corrected her by saying.
" Disbelieve in him being a God, not in being real, know the difference. " She said while throwing stones. Then her friends asked again.
And she said of course, even I can do that.
" Just write my name on the stone and it'll float." And her friends called it bluffing, but she assured them by saying that. It'll happen. Just try.
And her friends went to peek at a rock, and write her name, ramda on it, and she said that's written wrong. But they tossed the rock anyway. And that didn't float at all. And Ramna hit the guy In head, by saying you should write the right name, or her magic won't work. She took the chuck from him. And went to write her name again, this time correctly, but a kid who was from their group and wasn't there came informing them that the older kids are training in fighting skill.
Mail students were practicing fighting with sticks and others including Ramna were watching them, two boys much older than her, were training with sticks. And they all forget the stone there. With a unfinished name on it, and the name spelled
" Ram " Her incomplete name, but Lord Rama's complete one. And that rock being on a sloped surface falls down into the river. And went in directly. But then somehow the stones start to float. And come over the river, and start to float by the current of the river, heading somewhere.
The current of the river made the stone go in different speeds and different falls, it went through whirlpools, and then to the open sea. Due to it being written by a child with regular chalk, the name of lord Rama in the stone washes away. And the stone starts to go down, and it soon reaches an area where many stones like it were laying in an orderly fashion. And in the area the stone landed where none other than the ram setu itself.
In the main island Ramna was looking at the training with the most amazement than others. She was loving that . And one of them fell to the ground and got defeated while the other gave him his hand to help him to get up. Then the kids from her group went to them Including her. And they asked to teach them.
Kalaripayattu
( A fighting skill origin in south india)
They replied they are too small for that. And the kids start to persist, and they in hopes of getting her and her friends away told them, if they want to learn they first have to move that mountain, and the older students points at a mountain, named Sri pada , they told them that they can lift that easily, and if they can even shake that thing they'll teach them.
And after hearing that all the kids ' faces go down, and the older kids think they have won. They were asuras but they were still kids to gain their asur powers they have to learn different mantras that they haven't learned yet. And in their age, only the members of Royal Families can do that kind of stuff, so they don't even try, and the older kids told them not to worry, they'll lift that soon, when they grow up to be at their ages. All the kids were sad, but not one. Ramna has a ditteemin look on her face. When all the kids were going back to the river she went directly to the huge mountain, which was a thousand times bigger than her. And when her friends saw that, they told her to stop and told her that she can't shake the mountains . But Ramna was not listening to them, she hugged the rock formation of the mountains with her little hands,and her friends started telling her to stop so that she could get injured. But she wasn't listening to it. She grabbed the stone with her little might, and screamed.
" Ravo Ravda "
" रवो रवड़ा " Meaning ravan help ramna..
And a crack formed in the stone and the whole ground shook. And her friends and whoever was there, looked at her with shock and Disbelief. She just shookes the unlovable mountain of Sri pada.
And soon she was in the principal's office, or in this case, her guru's ashram, her parents were there, and her mother was Oblivion by her guru's statement, she denied every claim that his guru made, she told the gurus there.
" How can a six year old child shake that mountain ? " She accused the school for spreading rumors about her beautiful daughter. She is an angel, and no asur in her age can do that , and she can bet that not even the older one can do that. and that kind of strength only, Lord lakhsmana Lord hanuman and Lord Ravana can have. And the guru was not getting any chance to explain or question her Statements, but for his relief, little ramna answers the questions her mother asked. She nodded her head so furiously that she couldn't figure out if she was denying the fact or supporting it. Then her mother clasped her hand on her shoulder and asked.
" Ramna, please tell me that guruji is lying. You didn't shake the mountain ? " And ranma looked happy.
Then the Mahaguru came there and told them that he himself saw that whole ordeal happening and that's not fake, she actually moved the mountain.
Then she, seeing Mahaguru confirming her doing, proudly announced that she , Ramna, shook the Mountain . And her mother was speechless after hearing that. And her guru informed her that many other kids saw her lifting that huge rock, and no asur was ever able to even move that mountain even a bit, And that mountain was the part of the Himalayan parvat that Lord Hanuman brought from the Himalayas mountain range.
The Mahaguru told them to meet a Jyothis to know the possible outcomes of her future, And see if anything big is happening or not, he told them, she has great potential, and if word gets out, maybe king Antalya will send someone to see her.
And her mother and father got worried after hearing this.
They went to a Jyothis and showed them the kundly of ramna, and after seeing it. The asur Jyothis has a serious look on his face.
The Jyothis asked them some questions, and they told him that she is adopted and they don't know who's there real parents, and they think that the maya bird is her mother, cause vikita saw love in her eyes, she was worried for her. And then the Jyothis told them that the girl has a life of pain in her future, he said he saw, struggle, suffering and war in her life. They told them the power she had, was unmatched in this time, only Lord hanuman has that much power in this early age. He asked them if they noticed anything different or unusual about her, or something kept happening to her.
And after hearing that, the couple shared a look. And then Karthigai said,
" The earthquake they felt earlier wasn't a natural one. '' And the Jyothis asked in Confusion.
" Wasn't it natural? And vikita replies that.
" She shakes the Sri pada mountain. '' And the Jyothis looked at them in Disbelief.
they didn't think it's real, but many people have seen her doing that including Mahaguru, and he won't lie, no matter what. And then Jyothis told them to continue.
" Fire doesn't burn her, water has no effect on her, she once fall in a well near our house, and kevat helped us to pull her over, she was under the water for a very short time, but she didn't looked scared or anything, she told us that she didn't felt anything there, and the water was cold. We didn't think much about that. "
Then vikita told him that.
" Wherever she was close they could feel the air a little more frequently, Like the air was there to see her. I once saw her hair flowing in the wind where there is no wind at all. " Then her father told them that.
" He saw her talking to a leopard and birds. " Then her wife looked at him with a look and said why didn't he inform her about it, and he told them he didn't want to risk the safety of wild animals.
Then the mother said that once a rogue demon bull entered the city, and he was Haviking down the streets, for three days straight no one was able to stop him. The soldiers were trying to stop him from entering the populated area, but he somehow got in. And that time the infant ramna was in the backyard, playing with her metal toys, and the bull entered our house by breaking our gaits. And then she saw that happening, and when she ran down there to stop that bull, she saw the bull kneeling in front of her. And she was showing her palm in amusement. And the Jyothis looked down right shocked. His mouth was opened wide.
Then Karthigai said, once when she got angry with him, because he denied him a toy she wanted, she looked at him with such eyes that he fainted, a rathi ( a warrior who can fight 5000 soldiers simultaneously.) Fainted because she glared at him.
And after hearing that, the Jyothis have no words to say.
He told them that they have to test her abilities, and they have to inform the king about this. The mother was hasited by this but his husband told her that the king is kind and he'll hear us first before saying anything and that she didn't have to worry, the king keeps him in high regards. And her wife accepted half-heartedly.
The king arrives some time later with his entourage, her wife and of his mantri( a kind of advisor) with him, including some of his royal guards in red metal costumes.And the king himself was in a golden attire. And when he saw one of his favorites, Karthigai, he hugged him, and greeted him with respect, then vikita greeted the king and queen, then the king asked why one of his most trusted men had called him at such short notice. Then Karthigai told him about the situation they are in. And after hearing that king his wife and his mantri didn't believe that, and the Jyothis and her himself explained that they didn't believe that first themselves, and when Mahaguru himself said that it's true, they believed it. And king knowing that Mahaguru won't lie for anything believed that, but her mantri didn't looked convinced, then Karthigai informed the king that, her daughter is not his own, and she adopted, then he Informed him all about the Maya bird, and the baby they got from her. And the king looked even more amused and shocked. The king and queen demanded to meet his daughter as soon as possible. And he informed them that he invited them for that same reason, he informed them that Jyothis also wants to majer her strength . And then the king met the little ramna who was eating mangoes from a basket of fruits, and when she saw who had come to visit her, she immediately wiped her face and stood to greet the king, then she greeted him by saying, she always wanted to meet someone who is relates to Lord Ravana, and king was amused after hearing that. And he offered her some mangoes which she tooks from him, and then the king asked.
" Why did you want to meet someone related to Lord Ravana? " And she in a child -like state, said her words between the bites of mangoes which no one can figure out, and after chewing her mangoe down she said.
" I wanted to know where he is , mom told me that he is somewhere in Lanka but she didn't know where. " And the king, after hearing that, looked at Vikita who looked down in guilt. And the king, seeing the sorrow in her face, lied that she can't meet because his great grandfather has buried Lord Ravana's body somewhere secret, so one can disturb him in his sleep . "
And Ramna in confusion asked "sleep? "
" Why is he sleeping so long? Didn't he have to work? " She was puzzled by the king and the king didn't solve her confusion , and press about the matter that he came for. And they started to check her abilities.
First the king wanted to check her strength, so he first told her to lift some rocks from the field . And Ramna asked why she needed to pick stones.
" Why does Ramna need to pick Stones?" In confusion.
And the king told her with caring words that they wanted to check her strength, cause he heard that she shacks the sri pada . And Ramna after hearing that told them that she indeed shaked the mountain, but the king told her that he wanted to she himself , and he isn't doubting that. He just wanted to see that miracle with his own eyes. And Ramna didn't like that.
" You didn't trust Ramna . '' She said and turned their back to them.
" You didn't trust Ramna so Ramna won't do anything for you. '' She said while her back was in front of them . The king and queen were amused seeing the childish act from a kid who they just heard moved a whole mountain.
The king Antalya and Karthigai looked at vikita in hopes of convincing her daughter. They know that only a mother can fix a stubborn child.
Vikita tries her best and to convince her daughter, she first calls her by her nickname that she loved so much .
" Ramda! Dear queen, listen, the king has personally come here to see you do that feat once again, and look at the queen and mantri ji is also here, if you can do that I'll promise, that king will grant you a wish. " Which the king agreed and a Stubborn ramna came back to her cherry look.
Then she went to the rock filled below, and her mother told her to lift rock the size of a football first, which she didn't like, she thought they were underestimating her. So did the most logical thing that a child can do.
She picked the Boulder size of a bus and tossed it like a ball in the far corner like nothing, and everybody was shocked. And mantri who was looking at no more than a publicity stunt, has his mouth open the widest.
And then they run multiple tests to check her strength and powers.
They tested her water resistance by telling her to swim down to the other side of the shore. They were telling her to do that, but before they could explain the full plan, she was already at the other side of shore, waving at them.
Then they told her to call her friends, and she whistled and many wild creatures including, leopard, dears, birds, squirrels and wild cats, and there prays, the hunters and prays were there. And they where not attacking each other, and seeing some rogue elephant and wild elephant, the guards of the king came in front of the king to protect him and the queen.
But the animals weren't doing anything. Then she went for the birds and they sat on her shoulders. Then she scolded some of the animals for being reckless, then her parents asked about the animals she can call. And she replied that almost all, but snakes and Wolfe didn't hear her command, then she said oh and one thing.
She takes the color changing feather of the bird, and then she ordered the feather to bring a ripe mango, and did brings a ripe mango,Then she told the wing to to do some backflips then to hit a stone, and when the feather hits it, it shattered into peaces. Then she orderes the feather to catch fire, and it indeed catches fire and she makes a fire circle around her, then she grabbed it, fire still on, and showed them the feather and told them to see.
then she told them how great this is by Lord ravan , and she can do lots of things with it. Then a sudden taught came to her, and she flicks the feather and the fire vanishes and the feather didn't even have a scratch on it, then she told them to got little away from her, and they did get little away. And then she waved the feather in a hand fan motion. Then a wind complaining of a storm came and wiped some area from the land.
And after seeing that all, the king and the whole audience there was shell shocked. And some questions need to be answered. And they both knew it.
In a nearby shelter made out of bamboo and gold, both King's entourage excluding his guards and the Jyothis with Ramna's parents discussing what to do next.
Her parents were a little worried about the secrets they knew, and what might happen to their daughter. The king was great and quite good by nature, but some asur still followed the path of adharma and that was the thing that made them worried. They were worried that some evil might appear to harm her knowing her strength.
And the king being an observant one, senses the problem in the air. assured them that she won't be facing any of that problem. He promised that no asur will ever harm her. And he thinks that how she is, no asur can harm her. Then they informed the king all about her, how they found her, and about the Maya pakchi , which they now called Pankhida ( nickname of a bird) and then the weird thing about her. And after hearing that the king has a smile compared to the sun.
He hugged Karthigai in happiness, and congratulated him for the achievement of many lifetimes combined in one. He informed them that his great grandfather told him that Lord Vibhisan himself told him that there will be miracles in the future, and I think it's happening. And then he hugged him again . He told them that his great grandfather told him that before Lord Vibhisan went to antardhyan ( a state where time and space didn't matter and the soul with the God's, or in Hinduism, atma meets Parmatma. Atma meaning soul and Parmatma meaning supreme God.) Told them in the era of Kshatriya ( Indian warriors) Lord Vhisnu will take another of his avatar, as a human again, to slay the evil.
And it clicked, both parents, queen and the Jyothis were shell shocked two times in the same day.
They got the surprise of a lifetime. They couldn't believe what they were hearing, their mind was denying everything about it, but a part of them was telling them it could be true.. The situation was too hard to measure at that time.
And before anything drastic can happen, Maha-guru enters the frame, the place where they are talking, and when they saw who he is, the king greeted with him utmost respect and others did the same. Then the maha-guru that they are right about the reincarnation part, but they are wrong about the placement of the birth. He informed that Lord Vishnu's eighth reincarnation is already been born , and she is not one, but she is indeed special, the Maya bird Pankhida is itself a pynomina if nature and God himself, his long tail Resemble a vajra ( a kind of strong weapon ) his feathers resembles all kinds of colors in the nature and defines the five infinities of the nature, ( fire, water, land, sky and air) her head feathers resembles a crown of king a sign of royalty , that's why she is so Stubborn, and childish. And the parents asked if the Maya bird Pankhida is her mother?
Which maha-guru replied with a smile,
Mother is a very complex part of the society. There are two kinds of mothers, first you, who has grown up, who raised the child who takes care of her and does whatever a mother should do. And second, a mother who gave birth to the child , which is not you and maybe the bird isn't herself either. But that doesn't matter. The thing that matters is whether she thinks of you as a mother or not. And as far as I know, she loves you unconditionally. And you as well. So I didn't see any reason to worry , just loved her like you'll usually do.
Then he told them that she has a bright future, and he knows that you may have some plans for her. He addressed that her mother wanted her to be a warrior like her father and Lord Hanuman, his father Karthigai wants her to be a housewife and be safe, And the queen just wanted her to be safe and mantri and Jyothis wanted to see her growing strong for the country. and the king is thinking about making her the successor, seeing how he has no child and has no plans of having them.
And the last part was shocking to them all, but the king had a genuine smile in this situation, he asked the maha-guru, what he thinks is right? .
And he replied with a kind smile.
" Let the girl make her own decisions. '' And they all went to the mango eating ramna who was also feeding some mangoes to the animals. And when they saw her arguing over money for the distribution of a very big mango, they became even more fond of her.
And when her mother called her, she turned back and greeted the maha-guru and told him that he was late, if he had come sooner, he could have seen her display of strength. And he told her that he didn't need to see her strength, he knows that she is strong.
" But the question here is what little Ramna wants to do with this strength? So tell me ravan-priy( ravan's favorite) Ramna, what do you want? "
Ramma looked at them with amusement, and said, I want to serve Lanka by being the strongest asur to ever live, and protect my land from others, and I'll make sure whenever I catch a monkey , not to burn his tail. And his mother looked at him and said,
" Ranma " Is a way, that said , don't mock gods .
And the thing was done, they knew what she wanted to do, and The mahaguru made sure of that.
" Really, but being the strongest needs practice and sacrifices. Are you ready for that ? " He asked, looking at her.
" Yes! I'll work twice as hard, and I'll do anything to save everyone, and to protect Lanka. " And the mahaguru asked her.
" Are you sure, to become powerful you have to learn and worship gods, " He looked at her.
" I'll do it, and I'll pray to the strongest gods, Lord Shiva like Lord Ravana or Lord Brahma, he is also great for the powers. " And he looked at her amused.
" And what about Lord Vishnu, aren't you gonna worship him? Isn't he one of the strongest? " And Ramna's mood dempen a little.
" Yeh, mother told me he is strong, but I don't like him," And the mahaguru asked .
" And why is that? "
" You know, he killed Lord Ravana, and his brother, including his family. And I don't wanna worship someone who kills someone. " And her mother again called her name.
And mahaguru pats her head, in love.
"You don't like him, that's fine, it's your choice, you are just a child. But Remember, you didn't believe him because you didn't know him. When you know him well, then I'll ask you this question again. But first, we need to pack your bags, we are leaving for Bali , the kingdom of islanda , for your studies, and training. " And the mahaguru stands back .
And her mother asked if it's necessary for the child to go foreign lands for her studies . Which he replied in one word.
" No. " And then she asked,
'' Then why did you ask? "She asked in confusion.
" To grow a jungle, we need to plant trees away from the tree that the seed originated from. If we plant it to close the tree where it originated, it won't grow in the way it should have. The small tree will always be in the shadow of the big one, and the small one will depend on the big one for the water, for the sunlight. Let her make her own forest mother vikita, she'll be fine, Lord Rama will protect her. "
" विकासः अन्धकारात् अपसारयित्वा एव सम्भवति,
मातापितृणां आश्रयः, भोगः च मनुष्यस्य सम्पूर्णविकासं न जनयति ।
मनुष्यस्य सम्पूर्णविकासाय स्वपरिवारस्य प्रेमपूर्णवातावरणात् दूरम् अस्मिन् जङ्गलजगति एकान्ते गन्तुं भवति ।"
"Development is possible only by removing us from the shadows ,
Depending on and enjoying one's parents does not lead to the complete development of a human being.
For man to fully develop, he has to go alone in this jungle world away from the loving environment of his family."
The mahaguru explained his thoughts.
And her journey to Bali .
