raavana moonstruck with Seethas beauty

Raavana observed Lakshmana leaving Seetha. he came to Ramas abode in the guise of a sage.he wore delicate and thin orange robe that is generally worn by sages.he had an umbrella,paadukalu,dandamu,kamandalamu and his hair was in jatas.he appeared to be having all the attributes of a rishi.trees shivered with the fear of Ravana.air was still.river Godavari dtopped its speed and started to flow slowly and calmly.Raavana approached Seetha stealthily like Sani planet was approaching the star ,Chithra.Seethadevi was weeping thinking of her husbands welfare.Ravana reached her uttering aloud vedas. coming near Seetha ,he talked to her in this fashion.hey girl1!who are you? your body is shining like gold.the yellow saree you are wearing is very beautiful . you are adorned with flowers and appearing to be like padmini.are you hreedevatha,keerthidevatha,sreedevathaa,lakshmi devatha,apsarasaor aiswarya devatha?please tell me.your beauty has made me mad and lose myself.I have never seen such beauty either among dieties or among humans. seeing your beauty,delicateness,youth,tenderness,your life in these woods,I AM LOSING CONTROL OVER MY SELF.FOREST IS NOT THE RIGHT PLACE to you.here demons live. please go away from this notorious place.you are supposed to stay in beautiful places like castles,citiesand beautiful gardens.who is your husband/why are you staying in aplace which is full of wild animals?

LAKSHMANA LEAVES SEETHA UNDER PRESSURE

Lakshmana was unhappy with these devlopments. he was going in the right path. but Seetha was accusing him of all the wrong intentions. he was bitter at her attitude.he replied her like this.you have blamed me unnecessarily. all the dieties of the forest are witnesses for your accusations.on my brothers bidding I AM staying here ,protecting you.but you are doubting my integrity and intentions. you would be burned with this sin of yours.I amgoing in search of Rama. may all the dieties of the forest protect you. hey mother1I am getting all the bad premonitions.I am doubting strongly if I can ever see you after returning with Rama. at these words Seetha started to weep aloud.she was uttering these words in agony. I cant live without Rama.I will drown myself in Godavari river.or I would hang myself.I would take poison.or I would enter in fire and burn myself till death approaches me.I would prefer these things, but I would not touch any other man,even with my toes.saying these words she cried thrashing at her stomach.Lakshmana tried very hard to make her see reason but could not succeed.she paid a deaf ear to his pleadings.she stopped talking to him. Lakshmana could do nothing. dejectedly,he left her ,turning back again and again to see her for the last time before going to Rama. see the turn of events. whatever bad she thought about Lakshmana materialised in the form of Ravana with in no time.may it was her sixth sense to feel unsecured and at danger in the presence of another man.may be Ravanas shadow and his bad intentions already fell on her.the dialogue between Seetha and Lakshmana forebodes the future and hardships of Seetha.

SEETHA accuses LAKSHMANA of bad intentions

Seetha devi heard the words of Maareecha. she was worried about Ramas safety.she addressed Lakshmana like this. Lakshmana!I feel Rama is in trouble.I cant stay calm. please go and help your brother.Lakshmana did not make a move as per the directions of Rama.Seetha got angered.she questioned why he was not heeding her words. why he was not going to the rescue of his brother.Lakshmana!you are an enemy of Rama in the guise of a well wisher.you have bad intentions on me.that is why you are hoping some bad to happen to your brother.that is the reason why you are standing stilleven after my repeated requests to you to go and help your brother.if you had really come to the woods to look after your brothers safety,would you be still standing like a rock without going to his help? Lakshmana was aghast at her accusations.he tried to make her see reason in his actions,attitude and behaviour.hey mother!why are afraid like this. Rama would never come to any harm. there is no real danger to him.dieties,demons,humans or who ever they might be,none can harm him.do not be worried about his welfare.the voice you heard is not the real voice of my brother,Rama.it is an action and illusion of demons.from the time we killed Khara and Dooshana,all the demons have developed enmity against us.do not be afraid. I would not leave you. my brother has ordered me to protect you and I WOULD DO THE SAME. Seetha lost her temper.she started accusing him with all the wrong insinuations.her eyes became red with anger and tension. she cried like this.definitely you have bad intentions on me and are contriving to execute them.you are a black mark to your dynasty.it you you are happy that Rama is in real danger.you are a cunning fellow. you are not straight forward.you have crooked mentality.you have come to the woods for me only.Bharatha would have been happy for your treacherous mind and loved you.otherwise why would you accompany Rama when he was coming alone? Seetha was talking without reason or rhyme. actually Bharatha was not in Ayodhya when they left for the woods.really it was wrong to blame him in this context,But Seetha talked without any proper thinking.I would not make your wishes come to reality. I would rather die . so do not breed any hopes.I would die immediately now. hearing these words Lakshmana talked to her respectfully like this.hey mother!you are like a god to me. I am not going to answer your accusations.it seems that women speak like this quite often.you have forotten righteousness.you are very harsh.you bring enemity between friends.your words like daggers to my ears. I am unable to control my self hearing those harsh and cruel words.

rama follows golden deer

Rama held his bow and arrows and followed the golden deer.the deer was running away.one moment it would appear to be near and in the next moment it would appear afar.it made Rama run after it a very long distance far away from his abode.Rama was losing temper. he was angry that he could not catch it alive.he too was attracted by its beauty in a way.he stood under a tree recouping himself. deer appeared very near him. he went to grab it and catch hold of it. but it ran away very far.again it appeared behind the trees near him.Rama was exhausted. he understood that he could not catch it alive. so he released his arrow to kill it. Maareecha jumped above and fell down to the ground in his real form. he remebered the words of Ravana and cried in the voice of Rama,hey Seetha!HEY Lakshmana1 and died. Rama understood the treachery and started to return home.he remembered Seetha. he was worried what she would be thinking because the demon cried in his voice,hey SEETHA AND HEY LAKSHMANA!.HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE WELFARE OF LAKSHMANA AND SEETHA.

SEETHA SEES GOLDEN DEER

Maareecha took to the form of golden deer and started moving about near the abode of RAMA.WILD ANIMALS IN THE WOODS CAME NEAR THE GOLDEN DEER,BUT SNIFFINF AT THE SMELL,THEY TURNED AND RAN AWAY.After some time,Seetha came out to collect flowers . she saw the golden deer. all its body was studded with diamonds.it was very beautiful to look at.she had never seen such a beautiful creature earlier. she was astonished by its beauty.she called RAMA AND LAKSHMANA and showed them the golden deer.Lakshmana immediately doubted that it would have been the foul play of demons. it must be Maareecha,he strongly felt and told them so. SEETHA DID NOT LIKE LAKSHMANAS WORDS. SHE WANTED THE GOLDEN DEER AT ANY COST. SHE PLEADED WITH RAMA.SHETOLD HIM TO BRING IT ALIVE SO THAT SHE COULD PLAY WITH IT. OTHERWISE,SHE WANTED TO SIT ON ITS SKIN,IF IT WAS KILLED.WHEN SHE WOULD GO BACK TO AYODHYA ,SHE WANTED TO SHOW IT OFF TO HER MOTHERS IN LAW . EVEN RAMA WAS FASCINATED BY THE BEAUTY OF THE GOLDEN DEER. HE FELT STRONGLY TO GO AND COLLECT IT FOR SEETHA.HE TOLD LAKSHMANA LIKE THIS.IF THIS DEER IS REALLY MAAREECHA,I WOULD KILL IT AND BRING THE SKIN TO SEETHA.OTHERWISE,SHE COULD PLAY WITH HE WARNED LAKSHMANA TO BE ALERT AND CAREFUL OF DEMONS IN THE FOREST.HE WANTER HIM TO PROTECT SEETHA IN HIS ABSENSE.JATAAYUVU WOULD BE THERE TO HELP HIM IN TIMES OF NEED.

maareechas philosophical dialogues

Ravana is tempting maareecha to accept his mission. he is luring him with half of his kingdom.maareecha!do this favor to me. after I dont ask you where you would go or what you would do.Start immediately.I will also accomapany you.We can have seetha without a war with Rama,this way.we would accomplish this deed and go back to lanka happily. Either do things according to my bidding or get killed by me immediately.I would make you do things even against your will,under pressure.no one can survive after antagonising a king.there may be a doubt whether Rama would kill you or not. but if you dont obey me,you are sure to die in my hands.there is no doubt about it. so,think over coolly. Maareecha had no choice. he answered him in this manner.some one has given you this wrong and wicked idea. ministers should not misdirect their king. if king is in the wrong,they should correct him in time.but your ministers have failed to correct you.so,they are real culprits. king is the centre of justice and victory and righteous path.but you are wicked.your ways are vicious.so,your people are bound to be destroyed .I AM LEAST WORRIED ABOUT MY FATE.I am more worried about your people who are going to die in this conflict.After killing me,Rama is definitely going to kill you.it is better to die in his hands than by you. I KNOW FOR SURE that as soon as I AM SPOTTED BY RAMA,I AM going to be killed by him.but your fate is also sealed.as soon as you capture Seetha,you,along with your relatives and people are going to be killed by him. I am starting. I know that I WOULD NOT BE RETURNING BACK.AS SOON AS RAMA sees me,I AM SURE TO LOSE MY LIFE.HE NEED NOT EVEN RELEASE HIS ARROW.I am ready. RAVANA WAS HAPPY TO HEAR THESE WORDS. HE HUGGED MAAREECHA AND THEY STARTED IN HIS CHARIOT TO WHERE RAMA IS LIVING.MAAREECHA SHOWED HIM RAMAS HUT. HE TOLD HIM TO DO HIS PART WHILE HE WOULD ATTEND TO HIS PORTION OF THE ACT.

ravanas hypocracy

Ravana did not heed maareechas good words.he was adamant.he counter attacked maareecha with his arrogance.MAAREECHA!why are you indulging in useless talk?Rama can never harm me.a person who leaves his friends,parents,kingdom,kith and kin to the forest giving importance to the words of a woman can never harm me.I will definitely grab Seetha.I WOULD DO IT BEFORE YOUR EYES ONLY.not only you,but even dieties can not divert and distract me from this mission. I did not ask you to give your idea ,whether this act is good or not. i only directed you to do things according to my bidding.Aminister has to speak out his mind only on the directions of the king.otherwise he should keep quiet.even if the minister wants to say something that is good for the king,he should tell it in a docile and pleading manner.he should never say it in harsh and derogatory manner.would king hear his words if someone told him in that high handed manner? King is the amalgamation of agni,indra,chandra,varuna and yama.kings will be having the heat of agni,valour of indra,coolness of the moon,pleasantness of rain,punishing nature of yama..all in one.so you should respect the king all the time.you are forgetting how to respect a king. you are pointing your finger at me.it is wrong. yoy have to act according to my command.you move near Seetha in the guise of a golden deer.you divert and take rama astray and cry haa seetha,haa lakshmana in the voice of Rama.then lakshamana would run for helping his brother,Rama.I WOULD take away seetha in the mean time.