​Naam Ramayana – When the supreme appears to be deluded, that appearance is a delusion

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Thank you. Naam Ramayana Aranyakaand. Names 43 and 44.
Sita, Priya, Harina, Anugraha, Rama. Maricha, Arthi, Krutashu, Garama. Sita, Priya, Harina, Anugraha, Rama.
Sita, Priya. That Lord Ram who loved Sita and then Sita was attracted by Harina. Harina, that is a deer.
This was actually Maricha. Anugraha, Lord Ram went after that. After that deer and then Maricha, Arthi, Krutashu, Garama.
Maricha who was disguised in a deer form, Lord Ram killed that demon. As the storyline of the Ramayana moves forward, Shurpanakha went and goaded his brother that he is incompetent to protect her. But she had been disfigured by some mere humans, mere mortals.
And Ravana was about to go and take revenge. But when he heard about Ram’s formidable power, especially from Akampana, who is the sole surviving general from the army of Arjunasthan that had been annihilated by Ram, he sobered down. But still he was goaded by Shurpanakha who described the beauty of Sita in most provocative terms.
And then Ravana came up with a hatched plan that he could sidetrack Ram and then he would abduct Sita. And accordingly Maricha, he was conscripted into his conspiracy. Maricha was told that he should fight, that he should sidetrack Ram by taking on the form of a deer.
Now he took up, he became a spellbindingly attractive deer. And this deer was so attractive that actually no one, that Sita was captivated by it. And all the Lakshman pointed out that other animals are who are keeping a long distance from this deer.
They seem to be fearful of this deer. So this deer is unlikely to be an actual deer. It is probably something deceptive.
But Sita was so captivated that Sita paid no attention to Lakshman’s caution. And she begged Ram, please give me this deer. Get this deer from me, he says.
I will have such fun with him while he is there with me in the forest. And later when we go back to the kingdom, I will give this as a gift to Mother Kaushalya. That will be her, that will be like a memento that we can give to her.
So when she earnestly, sweetly beseeched Ram to get that, Ram couldn’t say no. He knew that Sita had given up so much for him. She had given up all royal comforts and she had uncomplainingly accompanied him to the forest.
Uncomplainingly, except all the austerities, demanding nothing from him practically. Being satisfied with whatever simple facilities and fare were available in the forest. And here she was making one request.
Ram had not the heart to refuse. And thus, he told her, yes I will get it. So Sita, Priya, Harina, Anuga, Rama, Ram went.
See, that deer which had become deer to Sita, Ram went to get that deer. And because Sita had wanted it alive, Ram, of course, because he is a warrior and because the forest was set with danger, he went with his bow and arrow. But he did not try to kill the deer.
He wanted to catch the deer alive and get it back. Now when he was trying to do this, at that time, the deer kept mysteriously appearing and disappearing. The deer, it seemed that it was just running here.
As Ram would close in on it, suddenly it would take a giant leap of a magnitude that no deer would be capable of. And he would just go way out of reach of Ram. And then he would again appear and sometimes he would just disappear entirely and then he would appear again as if tantalizing Ram to come after him.
And as this started happening, Ram started suspecting that this was not actually a deer, it was a demon. And Lakshman had actually suspected that already and Ram had been pondering it. So when the deer once took a, just when Ram had closed on it, the deer took a huge leap and suddenly went far away.
Ram decided that enough was enough, that he was not going to be played the fool anymore. And he decided to finish off the shenanigans of this deer. He suspected that this deer must be a demon disguised in a deer form and he decided to end its shenanigans.
And therefore he shot an arrow. As he shot an arrow, that arrow pierced through the forest and hit his target, Amogh Shara. That Lord Ram’s arrows are Amogh.
Amogh means they never fail to hit their target. That was his expertise as a warrior. As a warrior, he shot and he hit the target and the demon fell down, crying in mortal agony.
And he called out, Hey Lakshman, Hey Sita. He called out and he called out in the voice of Ram. And Ramunji recognized that this was a conspiracy against him.
Rather than let that deer, who had now in its final moments assumed the form of a Rakshasa, resumed the form, we could say. Many times, the demoniac beings, they have certain powers by which they can change their forms. But if the disguise is exposed and if they are moving close towards death, then at that time, they have neither the calm of mind by which they can maintain their disguise nor do they still have their many mystic powers.
Usually, just before death, when real colors are revealed, real colors come out. So, like that, at this particular time, and this happens again and again, Putana also comes in the form of a nurse, a beautiful nurse at that. And when she sees that she is about to be killed, she loses her disguise and she comes back to her normal form.
Similar, same thing happens with others also. That most demons, when they are about to die, they have come and attacked in their disguise form. Their disguise just disappears.
And basically, no disguise can save us from, can enable us to deceive the Lord, who is the supreme, who is supreme in everything. Supreme in, we could say, disguising and unmasking disguises. So, as part of the Leela, he allowed himself to be led away by that mystifying deer.
But later on, as soon as he recognized that what the deer was doing, he decided that it’s best to not play around, but to immediately kill the demon. By killing the demon, he knew that he would not be able to fulfill Sita’s desire of having a pet deer. But then he also recognized that this is no pet.
This is an enemy. And he wanted to get to the root of things. Who had sent this deer as a decoy by which to allure him away? And who was behind all this? He wanted to get to the bottom of the conspiracy.
And so, he shot an arrow. But Maricha was also crafty. And as per the plan of Ravana, he called out Lakshmana Sita and just alarmed them.
And he left his body before Ram could cross-question him further. And that same Ram, who saw through, who loved his wife so much that he was ready to do anything for her, and yet who considered her safety more important than anything else, so he manifested his pastime wherein, by the message of the Lord, just as the demons were destroyed and they were purified at that time by hearing, similarly by hearing the message of the Lord, we all can be purified. Thank you.