In the battle Lakshmana returns to normal condition after the Sanjeevani herb takes effect in his body. This brings cheers to the entire Vaanara camp and all of them are up on their feet! Obviously Lord Rama is in tears of joy as he hugs his brother with all his love and affection for him! Eventually, Rama turns to Hanuman and acknowledges his great effort of bringing in the entire cliff containing the Sanjeevani herbs. Lord Rama does not mince his words to thank Hanuman for his selfless service!
As everybody settle down again, Lord Rama turns towards
Lakshmana in a bit of anger. He has some strong words to be delivered to
Lakshmana now. Lord Rama says to Lakshmana, “Oh Lakshmana! I know and
understand that you are trying your best to protect me in all ways possible.
However, you should remember that you don’t give any room for anger to take
over. This is your weakness – You are extremely skilled and powerful, however,
the anger in you pulls you down sometimes! If you get too much angry, you would
lose your thinking ability! Indirectly you are giving in to Indrajeet’s trap!
He is trying to provoke you in every way possible and you should be aware of
that! Why did you go and attack Indrajeet without my permission? Don’t you know
that Indrajeet is an expert in luring people and killing them?”
Lord Rama continues, “Oh Lakshmana! If you had been dead,
what answers would I give to Mother Sumitra, Mother Kaushalya and Mother
Kaikeyi? What would I say to your wife Urmila? Did you think of all that? Hence
from now onwards, each and every move of ours are important. We need to be
extremely cautious. The moment Indrajeet comes to know that you are alive
again, he would surely plot something to lure both of us. You should use your
“Viveka” (Wisdom) rather than getting carried away by your anger!”
What an important message for all of us – Controlling our
anger is of prime importance in whatever we do in life! This particular episode
in the Ramayana is only to illustrate this very important point of “Anger
control”. Even in today’s life we are witnessing innumerable incidences wherein
we are provoked and tempted to show out our anger and frustration. However, we
should remember always that by getting angry at someone, we are falling into
the enemy’s trap. The more we maintain our calmness, the more probability for
us to succeed! We should always remember that it becomes very easy for the
opposition to defeat us if we are angry, and it becomes extremely tough to
defeat us if we maintain our calm! Hence let us ponder over this important
point today and try to reflect upon our daily lives, to control our anger!
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