Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita(Ch. 16) explains about 2 kinds of created beings, divine and demoniac. It's not always that one who has big teeth, horns on head, unkept and unclean is a demon and one who is good looking and handsome is a demigod. The lord, rather than giving emphasis on the external looks of either one he focuses on their nature, attitude, qualities and behaviour.
We see in Ramayana that Manthra, who was a maid servant of kaikeyi was very duplicitous by nature. She had come to Ayodhya with kaikeyi thinking of her own enjoyment. She thought, Kaikeyi is younger and more beautiful than other 2 queens of Dasaratha, so she will soon become special of Maharaj, if I become servant of her then I also will be recognised as servant of an important queen. In fact when she came to know that Lord Ram is getting coronated as king she was very disturbed. And then she started poisoning Kaikeyi with her words. She was not actually concerned about Kaikeyi or her position, she was concerned about herself, what will happen to me if Ram becomes the king? She was apparently within Ramarajya but still her consciousness was not of Ramarajya, her mind was tuned with Ravanrajya where self enjoyment prevails over anything. She was wicked, she always opposed Ram, she had separatist mind, she wanted to separate Ram from his Ayodhya devotees.
On the other hand we have the example of Vibhishan, brother of Ravna. He was also great and powerful demon. Although staying in Ravanarajya and apparently serving Ravana, he had the consciousness which was inline with Ramarajya. He also gave the instructions to the Ravana, but these instructions were totally opposite of manthra's. He was convincing Ravana to return Sita back again to lord. And he knew if I speak against the ego of Ravana he may kill me but still he spoke against Ravana and glorified Ram. This show he was not concerned about his own life and pleasures. He was always thinking that how can I help for the union of Sita and Ram.
Similarly some of us may be staying very close to Ram, we may be associating with Ram in the form of his deity or holyname or his devotees but if we have the attitude like manthra then Ramarajya won't have any effect on us. On the other hand if somebody is staying in condition which unfavourable for devotional service but still if his attitude is like Vibhishana then while staying in that ghastly atmosphere he can experience Ramarajya. Yes, of course Ramarajya is physical thing but more than that it is a state of consciousness, manthra couldn't achieve it by being in Ramarajya where as Vibhishana achieved it being in ravanrajya.
Article written by Rupesh Gauranga Dasa
We see in Ramayana that Manthra, who was a maid servant of kaikeyi was very duplicitous by nature. She had come to Ayodhya with kaikeyi thinking of her own enjoyment. She thought, Kaikeyi is younger and more beautiful than other 2 queens of Dasaratha, so she will soon become special of Maharaj, if I become servant of her then I also will be recognised as servant of an important queen. In fact when she came to know that Lord Ram is getting coronated as king she was very disturbed. And then she started poisoning Kaikeyi with her words. She was not actually concerned about Kaikeyi or her position, she was concerned about herself, what will happen to me if Ram becomes the king? She was apparently within Ramarajya but still her consciousness was not of Ramarajya, her mind was tuned with Ravanrajya where self enjoyment prevails over anything. She was wicked, she always opposed Ram, she had separatist mind, she wanted to separate Ram from his Ayodhya devotees.
On the other hand we have the example of Vibhishan, brother of Ravna. He was also great and powerful demon. Although staying in Ravanarajya and apparently serving Ravana, he had the consciousness which was inline with Ramarajya. He also gave the instructions to the Ravana, but these instructions were totally opposite of manthra's. He was convincing Ravana to return Sita back again to lord. And he knew if I speak against the ego of Ravana he may kill me but still he spoke against Ravana and glorified Ram. This show he was not concerned about his own life and pleasures. He was always thinking that how can I help for the union of Sita and Ram.
Similarly some of us may be staying very close to Ram, we may be associating with Ram in the form of his deity or holyname or his devotees but if we have the attitude like manthra then Ramarajya won't have any effect on us. On the other hand if somebody is staying in condition which unfavourable for devotional service but still if his attitude is like Vibhishana then while staying in that ghastly atmosphere he can experience Ramarajya. Yes, of course Ramarajya is physical thing but more than that it is a state of consciousness, manthra couldn't achieve it by being in Ramarajya where as Vibhishana achieved it being in ravanrajya.
Article written by Rupesh Gauranga Dasa
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