II. Cosmic Drama of Ramayana -3.1. Sri Swami Premananda

10/02/2017.

3. Ideal Human Relationships : 1.

Ramayana is an epic which delineates with remarkable clarity and the precision of a surgeon’s knife, how to conduct human relationships of all types.

To my mind it appears to be an authentic interpretation in sociology, a comprehensive directory of human relations.

There is no end to this variety of relations between man and man, man and woman and it may be surprising that the ideal behaviour of almost every human relationship has been depicted in this epic.

To name a few : -

1. the relationship between father and son as represented by Dasaratha and Rama;

2. son and stepmother—Rama and Kaikeyi;

3. husband and wife—Lakshmana and Urmila;

4. king and his subjects—Rama and inhabitants of Ayodhya;

5. brother and brother—Rama, Bharata and Lakshmana;

6. married man and a wanton—Lakshmana and Surpanakha;

7. God and devotee—Rama and Sugreeva;

8. king and his army—Rama and the Vanaras;

9. master and servant—Rama and Hanuman;

10. sworn enemies—Rama and Ravana;

11. ideal husband and wife relationship—Rama and Sita.

For every human situation, for every intricate relationship, there is an answer in the Ramayana and it is an ideal answer worthy of emulation in all countries, by all people, at all times.

To be continued ...