Thursday, 6 March 2014

Sugreeva tells about himself

Sugreeva started telling about himself to Rama.Rama!after my father died,My brother was crowned .I was always following in his footsteps.Regarding a woman,My brother and a demon,named Maayaavi,son of Dundhubhi,fought over a woman.One night,Maayaavi came and called Vali for a duel.Sugreeva and palatial women warned Vali not to go for fight during night time.But,Vali did not pay heed to their warnings. Sugreeva accompanied his brother for duel.Maayaavi was afraid of the brothers andran back.Vali followed him.Maayaavi entered a cave.Vali turned towards Sugreeva and told him to wait at the entrance of the cave till he came back.He went inside to kill Maayaavi.Sugreeva waited at the mouth of the came for almost a year.But VAli did not turn up.Blood was running out of thecave. Sugreeva heard Maayaavis roaring and Vali cries of help.Sugreeva thought that Maayaavi killed Vali. He felt that he should close the cave and see that Maayaavi did not come out of the cave.So,he fixed a big rock at the mouth of the cave.Sugreeva did last rites to his brother,thinking he was dead and returned back to Kishkhindha.He tried to keep death of his brother a secret,but his ministers found out some how. They made him the king of Kishkindha. But after some time,Vali returned.He became angry at seeing Sugreeva rule the kingdom.He jailed Sugreevas ministers. He blamed Sugreeva for all the wrong reasons. Though Sugreeva had power at that time,to contain Vali,Sugreeva requested him to take back the kingdom.He told him the actual reason for becoming the king. hIS ministers were afraid that unless there was an able king to rule the kingdom,unsocial people would take undue advantage. With that sole reason,his ministers prssurised him to take over the kingdom. He was not lusful to rule Valis kingdom.But Vali refused to see reason.His anger did not subside.He humilated and ill treated Sugreeva before others. Vali collected everyone and told him his story. I told Sugreeva to stay at themouth of thecave. He went inside to kill the demon,Maayaavi and his men.When he returned ,he was aghast to find that the entrance of the cave was closed strongly. He called for his brother.He shouted. he became emotional and wept.With utmost difficulty,he could come out of the cave. Sugreeva was ungrateful. He did not even remember that Vali was his elder brother. With utmost cruelty,he jailed him in the cave.Abusing him severely,Vali gave a piece of cloth to Siugreeva and sent him away from his kingdom.He snatched Sugreevaswife also.SUgreeva was afraid of his brother. He wandered all over the earth.At last ,he settled at Rushyamooka parvatham. He was safe there.Vali could not come to Rushya mooka parvatham for some reason.So,Sugreeva was residing there. ThIS WAS sUGREEVAS STORY. hE BESEECHED rAMA TO HELP HIM SOMEHOW.

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