If you understand the Valmiki Ramayana evidence, then you understand:
1. Rama and Sita were of the same age.
2. They were 16 when they married
3. They were 17 when they left for Vanavas.
Yet, most commentators of the last 400 years have created confusion beyond imagination!
1. Rama and Sita were of the same age.
2. They were 16 when they married
3. They were 17 when they left for Vanavas.
Yet, most commentators of the last 400 years have created confusion beyond imagination!
Raja Dasharatha states…
Bala Kand (GP edition 20:2)
ऊन षोडश वर्षो मे रामो राजीव लोचनः |
न युद्ध योग्यताम् अस्य पश्यामि सह राक्षसैः ||
Bala Kand (GP edition 20:2)
ऊन षोडश वर्षो मे रामो राजीव लोचनः |
न युद्ध योग्यताम् अस्य पश्यामि सह राक्षसैः ||
Ayodhya Kand (GP edition 118:34)
पति सम्योग सुलभम् वयो दृष्ट्वा तु मे पिता |
चिन्ताम् अभ्यगमद् दीनो वित्त नाशाद् इव अधनः ||
(“Seeing my age to be such, when union with a husband can be easily had, my father fell prey to anxiety feeling miserable ”)
पति सम्योग सुलभम् वयो दृष्ट्वा तु मे पिता |
चिन्ताम् अभ्यगमद् दीनो वित्त नाशाद् इव अधनः ||
(“Seeing my age to be such, when union with a husband can be easily had, my father fell prey to anxiety feeling miserable ”)
Bala Kand (GP edition 77:14)
अभिवाद्य अभिवाद्यान् च सर्वा राज सुताः तदा ||
रेमिरे मुदिताः सर्वा भर्तृभिः सहिता रहः |
(Then all the princesses paid respects to all of the respectable ones, and they luxuriated in sequestered palace chambers along with their husbands)
अभिवाद्य अभिवाद्यान् च सर्वा राज सुताः तदा ||
रेमिरे मुदिताः सर्वा भर्तृभिः सहिता रहः |
(Then all the princesses paid respects to all of the respectable ones, and they luxuriated in sequestered palace chambers along with their husbands)
Aranya kand (CE 45:4-5)
संवत्सरं चाध्युषिता राघवस्य निवेशने
भूज्जाना मानुपान्भोगान्सर्वकामसमृद्धिनी
तत: संवत्सरादूर्ध्वं सममन्यत मे पतिं
अभिषेचयिन्तु रामं समेतो राजमन्त्रिभि:
संवत्सरं चाध्युषिता राघवस्य निवेशने
भूज्जाना मानुपान्भोगान्सर्वकामसमृद्धिनी
तत: संवत्सरादूर्ध्वं सममन्यत मे पतिं
अभिषेचयिन्तु रामं समेतो राजमन्त्रिभि:
(Rama and Sita enjoyed married life for about a year. when the year was over, Dasharatha, in consultation with his ministers, decided to coronate Rama.)
Aranya kand (CE 36:5-6)
इत्येवमुक्तो धर्मात्मा राजा दशरथस्तदा
प्रत्युवाच महाभागं विश्वामित्रं महामुनिं
ऊन षोडश वर्षोsयमकृतास्त्रश्च राघव:
कामं तु मम यत्सैन्यं मया सह गमिष्यति
बधिष्यामि मुनिश्रेष्ठ शत्रुं तव यथेप्सितं
इत्येवमुक्तो धर्मात्मा राजा दशरथस्तदा
प्रत्युवाच महाभागं विश्वामित्रं महामुनिं
ऊन षोडश वर्षोsयमकृतास्त्रश्च राघव:
कामं तु मम यत्सैन्यं मया सह गमिष्यति
बधिष्यामि मुनिश्रेष्ठ शत्रुं तव यथेप्सितं
When Rama was ready to leave for Vanavas, Kausalya, his mother, tells Rama,
Ayodhya Kand (GP edition 20:45)
दश सप्त च वर्षाणि तव जातस्य राघव |
असितानि प्रकान्क्षन्त्या मया दुह्ख परिक्षयम् ||
(I was waiting, from your birth, for 17 years, for my troubles to be over)
That is it!
Ayodhya Kand (GP edition 20:45)
दश सप्त च वर्षाणि तव जातस्य राघव |
असितानि प्रकान्क्षन्त्या मया दुह्ख परिक्षयम् ||
(I was waiting, from your birth, for 17 years, for my troubles to be over)
That is it!
1. Vishwamitra came to Dasharatha when Rama was almost 16.
2. Vishwamitra took Rama to Mithila where Rama married Sita. Both Sita and Rama were of the same age (16)
3. Rama and Sita stayed in Ayodhya for a year, when Dasharatha thought of Rama-Yuvarajyabhishek
2. Vishwamitra took Rama to Mithila where Rama married Sita. Both Sita and Rama were of the same age (16)
3. Rama and Sita stayed in Ayodhya for a year, when Dasharatha thought of Rama-Yuvarajyabhishek
4. Instead Rama, Sita, and Laxman left for Vanavas
5. Both Rama and Sita were about 17 years old when they left for Vanavas.
That is it.
Any other claim leads to confusion and delusion.
5. Both Rama and Sita were about 17 years old when they left for Vanavas.
That is it.
Any other claim leads to confusion and delusion.
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