Ishwa helper Reged: 03/03/02 Posts: 553

Re: Why Hindutva is not our Dharma!!! [Re: sickofviolence] #14924 - 04/16/02 09:19 PM Edit Reply Quote

About Draupadi and Sita you say: The fight in Mahabharata and Ramayana was not because of Draupadi and Sita but these women were symbolic of all womankind. They were not ordinary women. They represented all women. I think you should read the epics again, and then even the Sanskrit ones. Sita was kidnapped by Ravana, an insult on a woman, who was also married, and that is why Rama fought the war. What exactly was the nature of this kidnapping is not because Ravana wanted to marry Sita, for, Ravana is called the father of Sita in the Devi Bhagavata and Adbhuta Ramayana! Ravana maybe took revenche on the brothers for offending his sister. The Ravana who was especially cruel towards women was another Ravana, who lived much prior to this one. He had offended and touched the meditating Vedavatii, daughter of Kushadhvaja of Sankashya. But the later Ravana didn't touch Sita, the adopted daughter of Siradhvaja Janaka. Rama didn't have any reasons to be in Lanka besides for Sita. The Mahabharata was fought to defend the honour of Draupadi. Her insult did hurt them more than losing the kingdom. In the Ashramavasika Parva Draupadi asked Krshna, when he went on a mission to avoid war, in private for a war to defeat the Kauravas. She also reminded Krshna of the vow of Bhimasena who would tie the hair of Draupadi with the blood of Duhshasana's thigh.