#ravan

[devidamya]

I saw this picture somewhere and thought it would fit perfectly in this context.

Lakshman: Brother Ram- it's Ravana- he-

Rama: Shh... First take a deep breath and tell me, dear brother, where is my Sita?

Lakshman: Hyperventilates *sweats profusely* sh-she's been abducte-

Rama: *SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUSTS 108 OTHER UNIVERSES*

[zeherili-ankhein]

Headcanon:

Vibhishan would have to tolerate Kumbhkaran and Ravan's aggressive and sometimes violent arguments over Ravan's shitty decisions from his late teens to his adulthood.

He would usually side with Kumbhkaran (who in my retelling was the only guy he could talk to because he was the only other guy who disliked Ravan's assholic behavior) but also like try to calm them down and come to a based conclusion.

Kumbhkaran: YOU HAVE HORSHSHIT FOR A BRAIN. Ravan: TF DID YOU JUST SAY??? Vibhishan: Guys please!

Sometimes V wouldn't even come out of his room because of this, but Kumbh would at times call him out to support him, and then he has to go.

Also Kumbhkaran was the only person who was protective of his lil bro against Ravan. Whenever Ravan yells at V Kumbh yells back at him. "Don't you dare talk to him like that!"

V also would have to deal with Kumbhkaran ranting about his fights to him aggressively and he'd just have to be his unpaid therapist (not that he didn't appreciate Kumbh's venting but at some point it gets annoying yanno)

So when Ravan banishes Vibhishan Kumbh tries to argue with him but Ravan wouldn't budge. V was already intending on leaving but he wanted Kumbh to join him. However, he was skeptical because even though Kumbh would talk shit about Ravan he'd still be awfully loyal to him.

The night before leaving he asks Kumbhkaran to join him but in this hc Kumbh knew he was destined to be killed by Ram along with Ravan so he refuses. V is heartbroken and so is Kumbh. the latter asks him to win this thing, because that is the only way this whole shitshow would end. V starts crying and Kumbh tears up too. He also says V better be prepared cuz he will not hold back in the war against him. He says that he'll love him forever, even if he doesn't feel the same for him atp. V is even more conflicted, mad at his brother as well, but respects his decision and leaves next morning.

HELP OMG 😭😭😭😭😭

*I typed in big words to show how much I am screaming*

ALL OF THIS IS SO TRUE MAN 😭😭😭😭

ALSO ALSO It became even harder for him to stay with Ravan when Kumbh was given that curse boon to fall asleep so now he got so much less time with Kumbh supporting him and having his back and Ravan being a jerk towards him

Also nothing else helped because Ravan was like unstoppable and getting even more bigraelu with their grandpa supporting him so V adn Kumbh were kind of the only persons and nobidy could tell anything to Kumbh cuz well he's still strong but V is not so strong so he was the black sheep always

HELP WHY IS EVERYTHING SO SAD 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Also V had so much heartbreak while telling the Vanar and co. about how to kill Kumbh like that's him brother but ATP that's his enemy and he's loyal to Ram but that's him brother but that's his enemy but that's his brother but that's him enem- sigh

[pixie-mask]

Always going to think about that dropkick and how just quickly and brutally he took Ravan out.

[splooosh]

“Death”

Geof Isherwood

[blackknight-100]

Going to just say it because I saw a bunch of YouTube videos this is seriously getting out of hand. Every time I see someone saying things like "oh no <insert opinion> is invalid because it's a later addition/interpretation!" I lose faith in humanity because people do realise right, that the Mahabharata and Ramayana at large are and have been passed down by word of mouth, and most people don't read KMG or BORI or Valmiki Ramayana? And these books came much later (BORI, for instance, was published in the 20th century), so it's not like they were accessible to the vast majority of people throughout the ages in the middle, or even now to those who can't read or don't have internet. People told tales about the characters of MB and RMYN, and yes, they added new things, which became a part of folklore and incorporated the struggles of the locals, because most literature and oral traditions are a mirror of the society. So everytime a folkloric opinion is dismissed because it's not "in the original version", we are effectively dismissing the history of those people and the fluid nature of storytelling. And yes, this includes TV and media - they are absolutely influenced by current political situations and mass opinions.

That being said, some people are waaaay too obsessed with whitewashing their MB blorbos or obsessing about Ravana and it's ruining the environment. WHY ARE PEOPLE TRYING TO WHITEWASH RAVANA? In most versions everyone hated him. There is probably NO ONE in all of Lanka who wanted him to win. The only reason Mandodari was supposed to be devoted is because Mandodari was his wife and the only way to represent good women, as we all know, is to make them good wives.

As for MB, any major male character, except the sages maybe and the last generation of Kurus, 90% of the time has something awful in their resume. And you know what? Good for them! LET THEM COMMIT CRIMES IN PEACE GOOD GODS.

[shut-up-rabert]

This makes me so so soooo fucking angry I can’t be tamed. These people will fall to any level to make my religion look bad. Fucking shameless.

Now that some of my anger is out, lets get into this:

Shree Laxmi wasn’t given to gods, she isn’t a goddamn cattle animal like Kamdhenu, and the demons and gods respected her wishes as a supposed human being to choose either side. She chose devas, not because she was partial against the asuras, but because a) she’s the universal mother, she knows everything that goes on, including which side has bad intentions and which one will use her powers for the good, and b) she chose to be with her eternal Lover/Husband Shree Narayan, and since he was on the deva’s side (aka the good side), she was with them by default.

The fact that literal demons had more respect for her than our secular writer over here, *sigh*

The elixer was given to gods because it was to restore their powers? Like, you know, the ones that were taken away from them? Why the frick would the lord allow Demons to have elixir when he knows they don’t have any good intents? They are literally evil, and protecting against evil is like god’s whole job ffs🤦🏻‍♀️

Literally no one in Mahabharata except Shree Krishna is purely good, get that through your fucking thick skulls. That’s the entire point, you learn what you do from Ramayan and what not to do from Mahabharat. And the Hidamba Mata’s (aka the Danvi whose name you didn’t bother researching, great work 👍🏼) backstory is never discussed in detail, neither is Ghatotkach. For all you know, the pregnancy could have been hidden from him, atleast that’s what their first meeting shows. So if you plan on demonising sex, you proved no motive here.

“Ohh, Ravan never did anything wrong, bas kidnap hi to kiya tha akeli nari ka.” Is such a sad argument tbh, y’all literally see no issue with kidnapping and terrifying a women over your own sister’s lose character? What a shame. “He never touched her.” Social distancing se kidnap kiya tha kya bhenchod? He never touched her sexually you mean, not because he was a saint of a man, but because he was a verified rapist with a blue check. He had raped his own to be niece in law and was cursed by his nephew that raping another woman would lead to his death. He literally threatened to cook Devi Sita and eat her up if she didn’t submit. Another reason he didn’t touch her was because if he had touched her, It would be Jankiayan instead of Ramayan because she would fucking kill him before you all can blink.

“He humiliated her on more than one occasion” is a very sneaky way to say two occasions so that the number can be inflated, eh?

The first occasion: Calling her names so that she will submit herself to agni out of spite and emerge unharmed, which literally everyone condemned, including the loyal brother Lakshman who rebelled against his own brother (for whose wake he would pick up a sword against everyone , mind you) because he dared disrespect a woman like Maa Sita, and even Hanumanji who’s Shri Ram’s biggest, and I mean biggest devotee. Literally no one stood by Sita’s humiliation, and it was later revealed by Shri Ram that the act was staged by the him so that she can have an excuse to perform agni pravesh so that no lecherous person would dare point a finger at her in future. Even the shlokas say he did it so that no one would suspect his wife’s character. And before you say Shri Ram was “saving face”, one of his plus points as mentioned is that he doesn’t lie throughout the entire story, so think again. Y’all really think he spent the entire story worrying for her safety only to insult her in the end?

You think Seeta would have anyone humiliate her once and give them a chance for a second humiliation? Ohhh you dead wrong!

Second occasion: Shree Raghuvar sending Maa Sita to exile, which is a very infamously known interpolation denounced by many. So he only “insulted” her once and that too in a staged act. One of the shlokas he uses to coax his peers after agni pariksha is that a woman like her can never be denounced by him, and like I said, he never lies, sooo…… :P

Shree Ram decietfully killed Bali because Bali was a foe who could not be fought face to face? Do you even Know the story of Bali? Do you know he was such a bad guy he literally took his brother’s wife like she was property? Ugh, I can’t.

Guru Drona didn’t accept Eklavya not because he was “Tribal”, but because he had promised his loyalty to the Bharatvansh Clan. Had even Shree Krishna gone to him asking for training, he would have refused. Eklavya’s tribal background was never discussed in this context.

(Also sidenote to my followers but isn’t it funny how despite Eklavya having to lose his thumb Guru Drona’s boon to Arjun wasn’t fulfilled because he still couldn’t surpass Bhagwaan Ramchandra as the greatest bowman? Khaya piya kuchh nahi, paap sar chadhaya barah aana XD)

I mean, God really out to set a limit to hypocrisy now because the more I see these people the more I disagree with Modiji ki Hypocrisy ki seema hai. Agar hai bhi to ye namune kaise long jump krke laanhg rhe h unhe, oof.

[jayshrisitaram108]

सियावर रामचंद्र की जय!

समस्त वेदों के ज्ञाता परम पराक्रमी शिव तांडव रचियता अपने समस्त कुल का उद्धार करने वाले शिवभक्त लंकाधिपति रावण दशरथ नन्दन प्रभु श्रीराम के हाथों मोक्ष पथ प्राप्त होने के पावन पर्व

विजयादशमी की आपको सपरिवार

बहुत बहुत बधाई एवं हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं🙏

JAY SHREE RAM🏹🌷🙏

[enigma-the-mysterious]

DUDE!

DUDE!

Raavan rode the PUSHPAK VIMAN! It was a CHARIOT, it FLEW, it looked LOVELY and ELEGANT! You think the King of Lanka, the kingdom described as being rich and prosperous, would be caught dead riding this ugly ass beast??? If you showed me this picture without any context, I would think it was straight out of some sasta copy of Game of Thrones.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAKE ANTAGONISTS AND EVERYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH THEM DARK AND UGLY TO SHOW HOW EVIL THEY ARE!!!

[witchyfashion]

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[bhagavanbhakthi]

God and evil difference (Hinduism)

[gurushishyatalentacademy]

HAPPY DUSSEHRA

[headcutoff101]

[splooosh]

Super Villains?

Luke McDonnell - Karl Kesel

[pixie-mask]

Holy shit Batman, yes less dynamite next time.

[netraa-dotcom]

I want the original texts of scriptures to have less of the flowery description and more detailed emotional insights that make the context funnier

sure, it's nice to read about the 10,000 kinds of rakshasas Ravan had in his army. but could you please tell me about the expression on Ram's face when he set foot in the city of gold and saw it tarnished. when he saw that it's once golden spires were streaked with black soot. and when he turned to hanuman, there was just an absolute killer grin on his face and everyone just knew

more of that please, thanks

(not that I'm slandering the current versions, I just want them to paint an emotional picture too, it's the audio-visual student in me)

[midnightfreedom]

"Decisions might follow a protocol in the royal court, but in the king's brain, it is always personal."

~Koral Dasgupta