Ramayan Part 31 - Rama's Search For Sita Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

Ram hurried back to Ashram.
He was worried about them,
He felt tricked by the demon,
In his behind-the-deer run.

He met Lakshman on the way,
From Sita’s place far away,
And questioned his action why,
He left her with no security.

He had his own suspicion,
Sita would have been eaten,
By some blood thirsty demon,
In their absence, by then

“If I don’t see her there,
Then, of my death, be sure.
As a sole survivor you’re,
Ayodhya awaits you there.”

“Why you left her alone?
Why listen to a woman?
If she is now no more,
My life is then what for? ”

“I consider her as my mother,
And not as wife of my brother,
But she accused” told Lakshman
“That I was a traitorous man.”

“Also that your death I wish for,
By which I could secure her.
Oh my brother, how can I bear
Such violent words from her?

“At this hour of great sorrow,
Let us not have ideas narrow,
Her whereabouts, we’ll trace
She may be here, by God’s grace.”

By these words of Lakshman,
Ram’s mind began to soften,
They searched nook and corner,
But there was no trace of her.

They were from the Heaven,
But were more human,
As mortals in their behavior,
Still Ram came as our Savior.

Ram could have killed Ravan,
As he disposed any other demon,
But what for Sita be stolen,
This Destiny only can explain.

In the context of such events,
How at those crucial moments
Personalities like Ram react,
Is the lesson we learn to act.

We can find a wealth of morals,
From the different episodes,
In this great story of Ramayan,
Deeply carved out but hidden.