11/9/2022 0 Comments Ram in ramayan serial![]() ![]() Valmiki Ramayana mentions that when Romapaada's kingdom was suffering from severe drought, he sent his courtesans to bring Rishyasringa to his kingdom (1.10.7). But, it is clear that Shanta was brought up by Romapaada as his own daughter. The adoption must have happened when Shanta was a child though no mention of her age during adoption is mentioned. Shanta was given in adoption to Romapaada, the King of Anga kingdom and a close friend of Dasharata. ![]() Now, let us look into what Valmiki Ramayana has to say about Shanta. The serial further shows that this fact was initially kept hidden from Rama and other princes. This hankering of Dasharatha resulted in Shanta being compelled to sacrifice her freedom and comforts and she went and livedin the forest with Rishyasringa. It further shows how Shanta was well accomplished in every way yet Dasharatha was never satisfied with her and hankered for a son. The serial portrays Shanta as being the daughter of the Dasharatha and Kausalya, who was sent to seduce and marry Rishyasringa so that the Rishi can come and perform Putrakameshti Yajna for the begetting of Rama and other princes.Thus, the serial portrays how Dasharatha gave up his daughter for the sake of his sons. Now, coming to the issue of Kausalya's grief and Shanta, thiswriter searched hard to find any reference for Queen Kausalya mourning over her daughter in the Valmiki Ramayana but was unable to find even a single reference to it.Shanta with her husband Rishyasringa as portrayed in the serial. Instead, it says that Rama and the princes were well versed in Vedas, archery, and were always rendering service to their father (1.18.27,28, 36,37). Valmiki Ramayana does not mention anything about sendingthem away. But, in all probabilities, the princes never went to any Gurukula and were trained in the palace itself. In other words, he was far from being a crybaby! The serial actually shows Dasharatha as grieving and longing for his sons when they were away from him for studying inGurukula(traditional school). In fact, in the Bala-Khanda (11.2), King Dasharatha is described as being righteous, truthful, and resplendent. But a single reading of Valmiki Ramayana, which is theoriginal text of Ramayana composed by Sage Valmiki, it becomes clear that neither the King nor the queen was portrayed as crybabies. The very first episode began with portraying King Dasharathaand Queen Kausalya as crybabies, with the former always worrying about his sons, especially about Rama and the later mourning for her daughter- Shanta who was no longer with them. Though the serial at first had raised expectations of this writer with its VFX, soon it became clear that the serial has VFX alone without much substance or value to write about.The serial has not only distorted the original story, but has tried to impose modern secular-liberal values upon the Ramayana thereby making a complete mockery of the Hindu textwhich is not only considered as a true account of history (itihasa) in Hindu tradition but is also held in high respect and sacredness by millions of Hindus. Moreover, the much-touted perspective of Sita is yet to emerge as well. However, one month down the line, the serial appears to havetaken wings of its own and deviated completely from the original text of Valmiki Ramayana. ![]() ![]() Nikhil Sinha, the producer-director of the serial had furtherstatedthat the serial was well rooted in facts and based on the original story. The serial titled Siya Ke Ram' had promised toportray Ramayana from Sita's perspective'. Last month, Star Plus,an entertainment channel in India, launched a new TV serial on the story of Lord Rama with much fanfare. ![]()
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