The only condition was that Ravana could not move out of the Yajna. Towards the end of the battle, Ravana organized a Yajna to assure his victory. It can one of the best and interesting stories form Ramayana for children. Even during the Battle of Lanka, Kumbhakaran was asleep and was walked over by a thousand of elephants in an attempt to wake him up. He said that Kumbhakaran would sleep for half a year and will stay awake for another half. Brahma did undo it, but with a condition. Seeing his brother’s plight, Ravana pleaded Brahma to undo the curse. Brahma granted him the boon of eternal sleep. Fearing this, Indra requested Goddess Saraswati to tie Kumbhakaran’s tongue, which bound Kumbhkaran to ask for the eternal Nindrasan. Indra, on the other hand, was well aware of Kumbhakaran’s valor and wit and knew that he would ask from the Indrasan, the Kingdom of Heaven. Once, brothers Ravana, Kumbhakaran, and Vibhishan were asked what boon they wanted from Brahma. But after receiving all kinds of boons from Brahma, Ravana overthrew Kubera from Lanka. Being a good son, he even shared all his wealth with his half-brother Ravana. Kubera inherited Lanka from his father, Vishrava. Vishrava fell in love with Kaiseki and fathered Ravana. Ilavida and Vishrava gave birth to Kuber, the Lord of Wealth.īut Tataka and Sumali also wanted Kaiseki, their daughter to marry Vishrava to increase their powers through alliances with kings and Rishis. Lord Brahma had produced ten mind-born sons or Prajapatis while creating the Universe and Sage Pulatsya, Vishrava’s father was one of them, Rishi Bhardwaj was totally mesmerized by Vishrava and even offered his daughter Ilavida for marriage.

No sooner the soul was set free, Rama slayed Ravana. So he transformed himself to resemble Ravana and went to the hermit, asking for the soul. Only one of the allies of Rama knew the secret behind it. In the battle, Rama was surprised that the arrows struck Ravana, but did not wound him. The Fire-Eye was supposed to keep his soul safe and secure. When Ravana Deposited His Soul:īefore fighting the battle with Rama, Ravana gave his soul to a hermit called the Fire-Eye. This is an ideal Ramayana stories for children. So, when Laxman chopped off her nose, she provoked Ravana to kidnap Sita as an act of revenge. Distraught by the death of Dushtabuddhi Rakasha, Surpnakha realized that only Rama could kill Ravana. Surpanakha was first married to Dushtabuddhi Rakasha, who enjoyed great favors from Ravana, But his greed for more enraged Ravana and he had him killed. To seek revenge, Surpanakha induced Ravana to kidnap Sita, which triggered the battle.īut other accounts suggest that Surpanakha enticed Ravana to kidnap Sita to avenge her husband’s death. Fearing Sita’s life, Rama told Laxman to chop off her ears and nose. Angered by the rejection, Surpanakha tried to hurt Sita. Soorpnakha then proposed to Laxman, but even he rejected her. But Valmiki’s Ramayana accounts that Surpanakha approached Rama, but he rejected her for Sita. Most accounts of Ramayana suggest that Surpanakha, Ravana’s sister had no interest in Rama. Surpanakha, The Stimulus Of The Battle Of Lanka: It can be one of the best stories from Ramayana for children. If Urmila had not helped, Laxman would have never been able to slay Megnath, the one who was granted a boon that only Gudakesh could kill him. Urmila slept for 14 years, until the day of Ram’s coronation. Nindra went to the palace of Ayodhya and asked Urmila if she would like to take up Laxman’s sleep, to which she gladly agreed. So Laxman asked her to consider Urmila for this. Nindra commanded that someone had to sleep on behalf of him to create a balance. So he approached Nindra, the Goddess of Sleep and asked her to look over him for the next 14 years. Laxman wanted to protect Ram and Sita from all the dangers, defeating sleep. Urmila, Laxman’s wife, was ready to accompany him when he was leaving for the exile, but Laxman forced her to stay home. His wish to be an older brother was fulfilled when he was born as Balram. Laxman had complained all his life that being born as the younger brother he has to obey all the commands of Ram. Laxman was later born as Balram, Lord Krishna’s elder brother. Lord Rama, as most of us know, is the incarnation of Vishnu, but what about his brothers Laxman, Bharat and Shatrughan? Bharat and Shatrughan are the Sudarshan-Chakra of Lord Rama, and Vishnu is his Shesh-Naag, Vishnu’s seat in Vaikunth.

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