Sita, de dochter van Ravan?

van Chaandni ma jul 28, 2008 7:58 pm

Ik heb dit denk ik wel wat eerder aangekaart maar onlangs had ik het hier weer over en er kwam weer een discussie van. Hier het volgende stukje met verklaring.

Although they were married at the end of a courtship of lyrical majesty, Ravana and his wife Mandodari grew estranged from each other since Mandodari found it impossible to condone or ignore her husband's arrogance and misdeeds. In particular, Mandodari was repelled and distraught at her husband's ravishment of the hapless Vedavati. She soon afterwards found herself pregnant, and feared that the child within her would be the harbinger of her husband's doom, as per Vedavati's awful oath. Despite her judgment of her husband, Mandodari could not condemn him; and also could not do away with a child even if her suspicions were confirmed, since Fate could not be defied. Both these considerations are quintessentially in the spirit of Hindu legend, as indeed is her chosen course of action.

Mandodari went to her father's home in mainland India, and then on a series of pilgrimages, to prevent Ravana or anybody else from finding that she was pregnant. As the birth grew near, Mandodari searched for a suitable foster-home for her child. She discovered that Janaka, the pious king of Mithila, a man of noble character and eminent lineage, was childless; the deeply sorrowful king was intent upon performing a yagya to seek the boon of a child. At this time, a female child was born to Mandodari. Soon afterwards, just before Janaka began ploughing a field to prepare for the intended rituals, Mandodari managed to spirit her baby into the field and into Janaka's path. King Janaka duly discovered the child and adopted her. Gratified at this turn of events, Mandodari returned to her husband and resumed her everyday life. The child was given the name "Sita" and grew up in king Janaka's household.

These legends build on ancient Indian traditions which hold, in wry spirit, that one's worst enemies are re-born as one's own children to fulfill the karma of one's sins.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sita#Daughter_of_Mandodari_and_Ravana

Hieronder uitleg over de vrouwen die hij eerder aangerand/verkracht had en de reden waarom hij Sita niet gelijk kon verkrachten maar moest wachten tot ze uit zichzelf naar hem toe ging.

The first was the molestation of the sage-woman Vedavati. Vedavati had been performing penance with the intention of winning Lord Vishnu as her husband. Ravana met her at her hermitage, her beauty enhanced by the austerities she had performed. She, however, rejected his advances. Ravana proceeded to forcibly take her, upon which she prophesied that she would return to the mortal world as the cause of his death. She then created a pyre and let herself be consumed in it.

The second was his encounter with the apsara Rambha, upon whom he forced himself. Rambha was betrothed to Kubera's son, but her plea that she was like a daughter to him did not deter Ravana. Angered at this, Kubera's son cursed Ravana, stating that his ten heads would fall off his head if he forced himself upon any woman from that point. This curse is said to have protected Sita's chastity while she was Ravana's captive for nearly a year.

van Ashmit ma jul 28, 2008 9:44 pm

die Ravana was ook niet echt een frisse figuur, phoe phoe.
Ik zal toch echt de info tot me moeten nemen, is dit niet een beetje een Dan Brown achtig iets?

Voor de rest weten weinige dat het niet de echte Sita was, die ontvoerd was, was ook eerder op het forum geplaatst.