Ideal women of Ramayana.

- All three mothers have different values ​​towards God. Kaushalya Mataji sees Rama as Brahman and son. Kaikeyi Mataji sees Rama as Son only and Sumitra Mataji sees Rama as Brahman.

"I am teaching my own religion, Ramayana every day!" Ramayana is a school of ideal living. Our two great texts are Ramayana and Mahabharata, which explain the true humanity of man. Today we are going to discuss about the excellent female characters in Ramayana. Sitaji, Kaushalya Mataji and Sumitra Mataji among the excellent women. The characters of these three women are excellent.

When Lord Sri Ramji was going to the forest and Sitaji was told, 'I am going to the forest,' that time tears came to Mother Sitaji's eyes. Sita Mataji told Kaushalya Mataji that, 'Mother! I don't cry because I have to go to the forest, I don't cry because I have to stay at home. But today I am moved to tears because I am talking to Aryaputra in your presence. Please forgive me if there is any breach of the Raghuvansh line in this.' How the limits of husband and wife were in the presence of elders is seen in Sitaji's character.

A similar incident happened in the forest. The Bhil women asked Sita Mataji, 'Who is with you?' Then Sita Mataji said, 'He who has the bow and arrow in his hand is my darling and his elder brother is sitting next to him.' So such limitation was seen in ancient times. One thing is clear from this event that man leads the generation and woman leads the house.

Lord Shri Ramji said to Kaushalya Mataji, 'Give me leave to go to the forest.' Tulsidasji Maharaj has put the words spoken by Kaushalya Mataji in the Ayodhya section of Ramcharit Manas. 'If the parents say they go to the forest, then Kanan Sat Awadh Samana.' In other words, Kaushalya Mataji wants to say that if your father had asked you to go to the forest, I could have stopped you for sure. But as much right as I have over you, the same right belongs to Kaikeyi Mataji. So I bless you to give you happiness equal to one hundred Ayodhyas. Thus, this episode explains to us how to live in a joint family. Sacrifice is what elevates the family.

If anyone has a silent character in the Ramayana, it is Sumitra Mataji. Sumitraji has not only spoken and when she has spoken, she has spoken wonderfully. When Laxmanji tells Sumitraji that, 'Lord Ramji has gone into exile. Lord Rama and Mother Sita go to the forest. What do I command!?' It is narrated in Ramcharit Manas that Sumitraji said then, 'Tat tumhar mat vaidehi, sita ram sab bhati sanehi. Awadh Taha Jahan Ram Nivasu, Tahihin Divas Jahan Bhanu Prakashu.' Sumitra Mataji said, 'Sita-Ramji are your parents. If he goes to the forest, you have no business in Ayodhya. For you, where Ram is, that is your Ayodhya.

Sumitra Mataji preached to Laxmanji and said that 'six' things will not be subdued even in a dream. Raga, Moha, Mada, Anger, Jealousy and Jealousy. At that time, Lakshmanji Maharaj told Sumitra Mataji that, 'I will do a vigil in the forest. If I wake up, even in my dreams, such vices will not enter.' Sumitra Mataji says, 'Tumre kaj Ram ban jai,' meaning Sumitra Mataji wants to say, Ram goes to the wilderness for you. You are the remnant. Earth is on your head. The earth is overrun by giants. Rama will go to the forest and kill the nocturnals and the burden will be lightened from your head. Sumitra Mataji tells Laxmanji that Ram is Brahman. Sita is Shakti.

All three mothers have different values ​​towards God. Kaushalya Mataji sees Rama as Brahman and son. Kaikeyi Mataji sees Rama as Son only and Sumitra Mataji sees Rama as Brahman. I remember this occasion because, with my Guru Swami Rajeshwarananda Bhartiji Maharaj in Harigiri Ashram in Haridwar, Kakira Ashram in Himachal and Abhay Ashram in Shirohi in Rajasthan - in these three Ashrams, Guruji used to have satsang and I got direct benefit from it. Then in that satsang, Guruji described the knowledge dialogue of Sumitra Mataji and Lakshmanji. The knowledge that Sumitra Mataji imparts to Laxmanji. It has been beautifully described by Tulsidasji Maharaj in Ram Charit Manas that, 'Putrabati Jubti Yah Soi, Raghupati Bhagat Jasu Sut Hoi.' It is on the basis of this chapai that we have a famous saying, 'Janani Jan to Bhakta Jan'. Thus, the ideal women of Ramayana give a wonderful vision of what our Indian culture is like and that is why it is said - Mera Bharat Mahan...astu!.

- Pragyachakshu Dr. Krunal Joshi