Ramayana Part V I Abduction Of Sita Poem by Diwakar Bhatt

Days were bright and cheerful,
Eerie silence of the woods made nights frightful.

But the lone archer stood at the door of hut unmoved,
Vigilant, so that any possible threat could be subdued.

He was not an ordinary man but a monk in meditation,
Who chose the path of unselfish service for his salvation.

He relinquished all the riches and nearness of a doting wife,
Who preferred the difficult time with brother than a cosy life.

Life was a new experience for Sita,
In a surrounding, with numerous fauna and flora.

She was a goddess of the jungle in her saffron attire,
An aura of divinity adorned her visage pious and fair.

She kept herself busy in her garden small but verdant
Full of blooming flowers and jungle berries so succulent.

Hard work and salubrious environ gave her vibrancy,
Radiance and gleam of the face redefined her beauty.

Droplets of sweat would shimmer like jewels on her face,
Modesty of her character simply accentuated her grace.

They were living a happy life ascetically,
Days were passing to end the deprivation peacefully.

But the luck could not be their bystander any more,
Unfavourable time gave an annoying knock on their door.

There came the sister of Ravana, the Surpankha,
Accompanied by the demons like Khar and Dushna.

She was smitten by the cupid like charm,
But her advances were overlooked by virtuous Ram.

She then aimed at laxman her pernicious smile,
But the gravity of his moral made all her efforts futile.

Exasperated by her arrogance and turpitude,
Slashed her ears & nose to end her flagrant attitude.

Khar and Dushana came to avenge the insult,
But succumbed to death in their suicidal attempt.

Horrified and wailing Surpankha came to Ravana hastily,
Her sarcastic remarks put a question mark on Ravana’s sovereignty.

With bitter lamentation she fell in Ravana’s court, prostrate,
In great bewilderment he enquired about her grotesque state.

Ram and laxman were the two princes of Ayodha she told,
who were responsible for this state of her ugly to behold.

She described in detail the episode how it had begun.
How she lost her vanity and tragic end of Khar-Duhan.

Ravana was taken aback by this mournful incident,
As both of the demons were tremendously valiant.

Pondered over it again and again for night long,
His fear, Rama not an ordinary being, grew strong.

Ravana thought of abducting sita he could not win in contest,
Coerced Marich to use his ability to adopt forms different.

His idea was to compel Ram and laxman for a fight,
If they were ordinary beings, their end would be sure as daylight.

On the other hand if at all Ram was none other than Lord,
He would happily embrace death to get celestial abode.

Marich also thought it better to die in the hands of Rama,
Without much resistance became an accomplice in the drama.

One day Sita saw a beautiful Golden deer,
Persuaded Rama to bring it as a gift for her.

This is where the story took an unexpected turn,
It was Ravana’s hatched plan for Sita’s abduction.

As Ram and Lxman left one after the other,
Ravana appeared as an old beggar.

Exploited Sita’s emotions in the name of charity,
She crossed the line of holy fire, jeopardising her security.

Wilderness of the jungle was the only witness of the immoral act,
When Ravana dragged wailing Sita to his flying chariot.

It was an abuse on the helpless woman’s vanity,
Ravana was acting under the surge of insanity.

He crossed the limits of barbarism and brutality,
Undoubtedly germinated the seed of anger and animosity.