Ramayana And The Mahabharat The Curse Of Life In India

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Kunti’s life is beset with sadness because of the curse that her husband has to live with, and then his death. Even though she gives birth to the Pandavas as a result of the boon of Sage Durvasa, the same boon causes the birth of Karna as well which brings her immense grief. Caste and social values were balanced in Ram-Rajya. Nishadraj, Kevat, Shabari and other persons of lower caste have beenreferred in the Ramayana in a decent manner, but in the Mahabharata, the caste issue became very serious. The most famous examples are Ekalavya and Karna. Being a lower caste was a kind of curse for lifetime. A curse is a destroyer of a life. To prove this point, we can take the classic example of Karna’s life. Karna was a Kshatriya, a great donor, one of the greatest warriors, scholar, and a truly divine soul. However, all his life he had to face lots of insults, injustice, humiliations, deceits, …show more content…

Valmiki’s epic represents certain classic examples of the conflicting notions of boons and curses. Blessings to Hanuman – one was given to him by Lord Brahma that no weapon could harm him. Another was given to him by Lord Surya that he would be able to attain the smallest or the biggest form. Dasharatha granted couple of boons to Kaikeyi during Dev-Asur Sangram (the war of gods and demons) when Kaikeyi had nursed the badly and deeply wounded Dasharatha. Out of gratitude, Dasharatha granted two boons to Kaikeyi, but she said that she would claim the same at an appropriate time. This resulted in Lord Rama’s exile (vanvaas). The boon of Bali – Bali was famous for the boon from lord Shiva, according to which anyone who came before him lost half his strength to Bali, thereby, making Bali invulnerable to any enemy. Once, Ravana called Bali for a fight when Bali was doing his regular evening prayers (Sandhyavandanam). He took Ravana by his tail and took him around the

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