Many women wanted to marry Rama in the Ramayana. She herself used to take a proposal for marriage to them. But Rama refused to say that he was married to Sita and he will remain loyal to him. But both women were completely different. One wanted Rama for a long time and one would be fascinated to see him. Rama promised to meet one of them in the next life, but when the other refused, the result turned out to be very dangerous.
In the Ramayana, Lord Rama was married only to Sita. Rama is shown as a dedicated husband. Who does not think of anyone other than his wife. However, many beautiful women from Ayodhya to other states were fascinated by him. Some expressed love to him. Some expressed their desire to get married. Rama did not accept it because of his wife Sita’s loyalty and religion. Devdutt Patnaik in his new book “Sati Savitri” has mentioned many feminist stories about women who are attracted to Ram, which have never been revealed in this book. By the way, it is also mentioned in the Aranyakand of Ramayana.
Who was Vedavati so that Rama asked to meet in the next life?
First of all, the matter of Vedavati, who loved Rama, of course it was from her side. She went to Ram for marriage. Rama refused him but said that he would definitely meet him in the next life. He will have to wait until he comes back to Earth as an incarnation of Krishna. Then this happened. It is also said that Vedavati met her as Rukmini in the next life.
She was very beautiful and a devotee of Vishnu
Vedavati is a mythological character, which is mentioned in the Uttarakand of Valmiki’s Ramayana. She was considered an ascetic, a devotee of Lord Vishnu and very beautiful. Vedavati was the daughter of sage Kushdhwaj. She used to worship Lord Vishnu since childhood. His goal was to achieve Lord Vishnu as husband. For this, he did harsh penance.
Then he went to Ram and proposed marriage
Then when Lord Rama, the incarnation of Vishnu in the Treta Yuga, came to the earth, Vedavati saw him. Arrived to them. Proposed to marry him. It is mentioned that Vedavati used to recognize Rama as Lord Vishnu. Rama then told Vedavati that she is only Sita’s husband at this time. So they cannot accept them in this birth, but in the next life they will definitely come in their lives.
What curse did Vedavati curse to Ravana?
A significant twist in Vedavati’s story comes when the warrior Ravana of Lanka is attracted to her beauty and tries to kidnap her. Trys to forcefully. Then Vedavati cursed Ravana that she would die due to a woman. After this, Vedavati entered the fire to protect her sattva. Gave his life.
Who was the second woman who fell in love with Rama?
Another woman who was attracted and mesmerized by Rama was Shurpanakha, who not only went to Rama and told her that she wants her but also to marry her. He tried to woo Rama in various ways, but Rama refused. Rama jokingly said that he is already married. Shurpanakha pointed to Laxman, after which Laxman also rejected him. Shurpanakha then attacked Sita. Then angry Laxman cut off the nose of Shurpanakha. Since she was the sister of Ravana. Therefore, this incident later became the cause of war with Ravana.
Then Sita fell in love with Rama
It has also been told in the same book of Patnaik that a competition was held for Sita to offer the image of Shiva to the bow, but before the competition, when Ram and Sita meet in a garden, they fall in love with him and want to live with him. He was sure that Ram would win this competition. So did happen.
