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EMAGAZI
NEFOREVERYEKADASI(
RAMAEKADASI
)21OCTOBER2022

1.RAMAYANA
 Ramaki llsRav ana
Whent henewsofI ndr aji
t’
s
deat hr eachedRav ana, he
reallyst ar tedt ol ament ,
that ,
"Iwi shIhadl ist ened
toVi bishan’ sadv i
ce. ".
..
But
i
twasal readyt ool at e.As
aher o, Rav anahi msel f
camet ot hebat tlef i
el dand
at erri
bl ebat tl
eact ual ly
ensued.Lakshmanwas ThenShushenf oundt he
conf ront i
ngRav ana. herbs, andhemadea
Rav anat ookupal ance, past eofi t
,andmade
thatpi ercedLakshman’ s Lakshmant osmel li
t.And
bodyandLakshman whenLakshmani nhaledit,
becameunconsci ous.So Lakshmancamebackt o
thatisat ime, asy ouknow, l
ife.ThenRama
l
iket or ev iv eLakshman, conf r
ont edRav ana.
Hanumanhadt obr ingt he Rav anawasf i
ght i
ngf rom
Gadhamandanmount ain. achar iot,soi nor derto
CONTENTS:
Hanumanj umpedal l t
he mat chRav ana’ssi t
uation,
wayt ot heHi mal ay an Indrasenthi sownchar i
ot, 1.Ramay
ana,
mount aint obr ingt hese drivenbyMat ali
,Indra’s
her bscal ledVi shal akar ani
. char i
otdr i
verandt hena 2.Sr
il
a
Act ually,t her ewer ef our terr
iblebat tl
et ookpl ace Pr
abhupada
typesofher bst hatwas betweenRav anaand
needed, Vi shal akar ani , Rama.Ramaf ounditwas Appr
eci
ati
on;
Suv arnakar ani, Sandi ni and verydif f
iculttosubdue and
Ritasanj ini .Hanuman Rav ana.
coul dnotf indt heseher bs 3.Gur
uMahar
aja’
s
himsel f, sohej ust i
nst
ruct
ions.
upr ootedt hemount ain
andcar riedt hewhol e
mount aint oLanka.

Becausehewouldshoot
anarrowandcutoneof
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theheadsofRav ana, t
he terribl
eweapon, Rama’ sv ict oryand
headwoul df all ont he Brahmast ra.I thitRav ana Rav ana’ sdeat h.Si ta
ground, butanot herhead i
nhi schestandRav ana becamesoexci ted, she
woul dj ustappear .I nt his wasdead.Af terRav ana’s i
mmedi atelywant edt o
way , hundr edsofheadsof deat h,whent henews come.ButHanumansai d,
Rav anawer echoppedof f reachedLanka, all his noy out akey ourbat h,get
butRav anawast otally Queenscamecr yingand dresseduppr oper lyand
unaf fect edbyt hat .So, theywer el ament ingand thencome.WhenSi ta
then, Agast amuni came seei ngt hei rcondi ti
on, came, shef oundt hat
there, act ual ly,atonet ime, Ramat oldVi bishan, "
We Ramawasv er ygr av eand
Rav anabecamef atally hav et ocr emat ehi m, we shewonder edwhyRama
i
njur ed, thathi schar i
ot hav et oconducthi s seemst obesogr av eat
driv
ert ookhi m outoft he funer alassoonas thet i
mel i
ket his.Then
battlef i
el d.Andwhen possi ble, other wiset hese Ramasai d: “Youhav e
Rav anawasawayf rom t he l
adi eswi l
l notbepaci fi
ed. beenki dnappedby
battlef i
el d, Agast acame Because, asl ongashi s somebody , stay edi nhi s
andr emi ndedRamat o bodyi sther e,theywi llbe housef orsol ong.So,
chantt heAdi ty ahr iday a wai li
ng.“ Vi bishanr efused natur allypeopl ewi l
l
Mant raandher emi nded todot hef uner al conduct quest ionabouty ourpur ity.
Himt ouset he ofRav ana.Thef uner ali
s Andher ei tisnotmy
weapont hathegav eHi m meantt obeconduct edby feeli
ngswhi char eof
whenRamacamet ov isit af ami lymember .Nowi n consi der ation.Whati sof
himi nDandakar any a.Thi s hisf ami lyal lhissonswer e consi der ationi st he
wasaweapont hatwas dead.Theonl ymal e honourofourdy nast y?
personal lycr eat edbyLor d per son, fami l
ymember Sitawascr yingandsay i
ng:
Brahma.Andso, int his thatwasal i
v ewas “Whydi dy ounott ellme
way , Agast aRshi adv ised Vibishan.ButVi bishan befor et haty ouar enot
Rama, touset hatweapon, refusedt odot hat ,hesai d goingt oacceptme? Then
nott ocuthi shead, butt o "Hei ssuchasi nful person, Iwoul dhav egi venupmy
piercehi shear t.Rav ana Idon' twantt oconducthi s l
ife.Whatwast heuseof
actual lyhadnect ar funer al.
"ButRama kil
li
ngsomanymonkey s,
preser vedi nhi shear t, reasonedwi thhi mt hat, kil
li
ngsomanyr akshashas,
that'swhyhebecame "what ev erhehasdone, he somanyl iveshav ebeen
i
mmor tal.So, thi st ime hasdone, butnowt hathe l
ostf ornot hing?Shesai d
whenRav anacameback i
sdead, hei snot that:“ Iam goi ngt oent er
tothebat tlefi
el d, Rav ana subj ectedt ot hat.Af terall
, i
nt of i
r eandgi veupmy
wasv eryupset .Het old i
tishi sbodyt hathast obe l
ife”.Andt henRama
hischar i
otdr iver ,"Whydi d cremat ed.Fi nal l
y , consent edt o
yout akemeoutoft he Vibishv anconduct ed that.Hesai d: “Laksmana,
battlef i
el d? "Andt he Rav ana’ sf uner al.And l
ightt hef ire.”Ahugef i
re
char iotdr iversai dt hat ,"I afterRav ana’ sf uner al, wasl i
tandSi taent ered
tooky ouout , sot haty ou Vibishv anwascor onat ed there.Butt henAgni dev a
couldr egai ny our tot het hroneby himsel fappear edf rom t he
consci ousness. "Andso Ramacandr a. fi
rewi thSi ta.Ev er ybody
fi
nal l
yRav anawas sawt hatSi ta’sdr ess, her
persuaded.Whenhe  Si
ta’
stestofpuri
ty hairnotev enat ouch
camet ot hebat tl
ef iel
dt his Thennewswassentt o nothinggotbur ned.
ti
me, Ramaj ustusedt his Si
tabyHanumanabout Agni dev adecl aredSi t
a
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waspur e.I nthisway ,

Sita spendi nghi sdays.Rama gotabookwr i
ttenbySr il
a
wasuni tedwi t
hRama arri
v edandBhar atacame Prabhupada, Nect arof
again.ThenRamat old backwi thHisshoes.He Dev otion,andasIst arted
Sita:“Iknewabouty our saidt hat:“Makingt hese toreadi t,from t hev ery
condi tion, butjusttopaci f
y shoesy ourrepresentat i
ve, fi
rstpagei toccur redt o
every body ,sothatnoone Ihav ebeenr ul
ingthis met hatthisi swhatIwas
willev erquest iony our ki
ngdom, conductingthe actual l
ylooki ngf or .And
char act er,that
’swhyI affairsoft hekingdom f or thenextni ghtIhada
hav ear rangedt hat.Then al
l thesey ears.Nowy ou dream ofSr il
aPr abhupada.
i
twasar rangedt hatRama pleaset akey ourkingdom AndIsawSr il
a
alongwi thLaksmanaand back. Prabhupadawassi tt
ingon
Sitawi l
l gobackt o amaj esticthr oneand
Ay odhy a.Vi bi
shan thoseday sIdi dnotknow
request edt hem tost ayfor whatav yasasanawas,
l
onger ,butRamai nsisted, becausei nIndi at hesai ntl
y
“No” .Hewant edt ogo.So peopl etheysi tonar ather
then, itwasar rangedt hat simpl eseat ,theydon' tsit
Vibishanwant edt ocome onsuchagor geoust hrone,
withHi m. i
tlooksr atherl ikeat hrone.
So, IsawSr i
laPr abhupada
sit
tingonat hr one.And
InthiswayRamacandr a therewasabr ill
iantl ight
camebackt oAy odhy aand aroundSr il
aPr abhupada,
tookhiski
ngdom back. asift hel i
ghtwascomi ng
Andaf t
erthat,
foreleven outofhi sbody .Andj ust
thousandyearsHer eigned thesi ghtofSr ila
overtheearthplanet.Sri Prabhupadamademef eel
Ramacandr akijay!Thank thatf i
nallyIf oundmy
youv er
ymuch.Al lGlori
es spirit
ual mast er.
toSril
aPrabhupada! (Excer ptfrom
“PrabhupadaReal izat i
ons”
2.SRI
LA byHHBhakt iChar uSwami )
 Theyal lcamet o
Ay odhy a
PRABHUPADA
Itwasar rangedt hat APPRECI
ATION
Vibishanwant edt ocome
withRama, sodi dSugr i
va
andal lthemonkey s.They
allgoti nt othepushpaka
char i
otandt heyal l came
toAy odhy a.Att hatt ime
Bhar at awasnoti n
Ayodhy a.Bhar ataact ual
ly
shiftedt hecapi talto
Nandi gram.Ther e, liv
ing
l
ikeanascet ic,li
vingi na
cottage, eatingonl yr oots
andf r uit
s, Bhar atawas If
ir
stmetSri
l
a
Pr
abhupadai
nadr
eam.I
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3.GURU Ramachandr asai d resultofsomeone

MAHARAJA’
S somet hingv er
y ,very surrenderi
ngtoLord
I
NSTRUCTI
ONS wonder ful,hesai d"Ont op Ramachandr a,t
he
ofev erythi
ng, ifsomebody Supr emePersonal
i
tyof
comest osur r
endert ome Godhead.
andsay sthathei s
surrender i
ngt oMe, I
accepthi m, ev eni fheis
nothonestabouthi s
admi ssion,ev eni fone
pretendingt osur render
comest ome, st il
lIaccept
him."Andt henhesai d
that"AndIt akecar eof
him, notonl ythr oughout
hisent i
relif
e, It akecareof
himl if
eaf t
erl ife."
Thati sther ewar dandt he

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