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धर्म और प्रेम प्रसंग

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To get rid of a depressed and distract state of mind, devotional bhajans are the ultimate remedy. While listening to one of my favorites, one line caught my attention.

राम को देख कर श्री जनकनंदिनी,

बाग में जा खड़ी देखती रह गई।

राम देखे सिया, मां सिया राम को,

 चार अंखियां लड़ी की लड़ी रह गई।।

So here the context is that Raghukul Shiromani Shree Ramchandra Maharaj along with Guru Vishwamitra and his younger brother Lakshman is in Janakpur, and the occasion was the Swayamvar of Janak Nandini Maithili. The town was transformed into a fairyland as if heaven came on the earth. Mesmerized by the beauty of the town, the duo decided to take a round of the place, and during their tour, they reached an orchard where destiny had planned something very beautiful. His eyes were mesmerized by the view but it was not that of the garden,  but the beautiful maiden whose eyes struck with his and their eyes locked with each other. So here love starts, and the bhajan glorifies this and depicts it so beautifully that an aura spread around the listener and the person's contact with the physical world seems to break off.

But the curious mind bring it back to the place and raised a question that,

If it is good to fell in love with someone at first sight then why does the society of which we are the members oppose it?

Why is the society to which we belong ready to kill the couple in the name of honor killing?

India is a nation where Ramayana is glorified, and Ram is ideal, we listen to the bhajan depicting the connection which Ram and Siya had before their marriage.

This is a haunting question that is raised by the subconscious mind whenever an honor killing case is reported in the news.

We live in the country where our ideals followed the path of love, a land where Shri Krishna planned the elopement of his sister Subhadra with Arjun, a land where Krishna is worshipped along with Radha, not Rukmini.

So when Krishna and Radha in this period decide to live their life with each other then why honor killing?

Why do the devotees of Bhagwan, Shri Ram, Shri Krishna oppose them?

Or our religion teaches us only communal riots, glorifying one's own and criticizing other's religion!

Every single religion of this planet is intolerant. 

With these thoughts I dared to ask my mom about this, on the first hand she had no answer and when she answered then it disappointed me.

The answer was - पूरी रामायण और महाभारत से बस यही सीखा तुमने और उनके कर्म से कुछ भी नहीं सीखा?

राधा कृष्ण की रासलीला थी और रास असल जिंदगी का हिस्सा नहीं क्योंकि आलौकिकता चरितार्थ नहीं की जा सकती।

I am not sure to whom she was convincing at that point in time, to me or herself.

प्रश्न पूछिए क्योंकि पुनर्जागरण काल काफी पहले आ चुका है।

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  1. AnonymousMarch 9, 2022 at 11:53 AM

    What I learned from Human Societies, Dear Everything is right which works for individuals and vice versa.
    The Ancient Indian civilization was extremely Advanced about their relationship, religious beliefs, science & technology, etc. way Ahed of their time. Rapidly time changed and because of several foreign invasions, we lose to retain the same attitude about these things. Now People only choose right and wrong things according to their mindset.
    It is very complex sometimes to understand. They always keep on saying these things don't work in today's time but the weird laughable thing - according to them is all kinds of nonsense may work nowadays. ( Salary abhi ke time ki chahiye aur traditions mughal period ke follow kerne hai).

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