By Rajesh Mehta & Uddeshya Goel
निष्ठाः धृतिः सत्यं [Dedication, Steadfastness, and Truth], the 3 paramount pillars of the Hindu mythology, types the essence of the extensively celebrated festival of Vijayadashmi or Dussehra. Dussehra, which is an amalgamation of the words ‘Dasa’ and ‘Hara’ signifies the slitting of the ten evil heads of Ravana by Lord Rama. Dussehra also marks the day when the Goddess Durga, the trinity of goddesses – Laxmi, Parvati, Saraswati, killed Mahishasura. Hence also recognized as Vijayadashmi which means the ‘victory that was attained on the tenth day. Although an uncommon fact, Dussehra is also seen as the auspicious day when Arjuna single-handedly put the huge Kaurava army to sleep by invoking the Sammohan Astra in the Virat Youdh. In essence, Dussehra reminds us that being a human we have a part of Mahishasura and Ravana within our souls but we must thrive to defeat the inner evil and follow the path of dharma.
According to the Vedas, we are currently living in the Kali Yuga, the last stage of the cycle of Creation. Apparently, it’s the darkest, cruelest, and most miserable of instances that mankind has ever gone by way of. It is now that we are the furthest from acquiring God inside ourselves and other people. Medical circumstances are becoming diagnosed that had been in no way heard of prior to, crimes committed so consistently that it is the way of life, betrayals so deep that it is difficult to even trust your personal family and ego so significant that it is not possible to be selfless.
While the present paranoia is tough to overcome, probably the inspiration could be drawn from the victories of Durga, Rama, and Arjuna more than Mahishasura, Ravan, and the Kauravas by traversing by way of the path of righteousness.
The widespread thread among the 3 victories is that every single of them brought an finish to egocentric power. Mahishasura was really confident that no lady was powerful adequate to slay him, Ravana though being the wisest and discovered particular person of his time, fell quick of humility, and the Kauravas, hungry for energy, deviated from their Dharma. Suryakant Tripathi Nirala in his poem, Ram ki Shakti Puja also describes the root result in of ego as “anyaya jidhar, hai udhar shakti” (exactly where there is injustice, lies energy). This statement sharpens the moral dilemma that energy very easily sways towards the unjust.
In the 21st Century mankind is on the footsteps of these mythological evils. In the quest to conquer the entire world and beyond we are in a relentless approach of disruption, closing each suggests of understanding our inner world. While we are mightily defeating each roadblock on our way, we are becoming astray by our ego.
We have to have to remind ourselves that even even though Ravana constructed a plutocratic Sone Ki Lanka, it was burned down in a single evening by ablaze. We ought to emulate the notion of Ramrajya, a society in which virtue, morality, and justice are the core tips about which the individuals and their minds are governed. It’s the idealistic method to maintain a verify on the vicious and egocentric approaches towards life. It is in such a state of becoming, exactly where social welfare is at the highest level of priority and the widespread man is the choice-maker.
Dussehra also supplies a essential message in connection with goddess Durga. She is believed to have the combined energy of the 3 supreme Gods- Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva, who summoned a pillar of brilliant light from which Shakti, in the kind of Durga, the ten-armed Goddess of war, appeared. She is loving, caring, nourishing, however at the similar time can be ferocious, menacing, and destructive. Just like how power has the prospective to either produce or destroy. This ought to remind us once more of the pre-eminent status girls hold in the spiritual and the tangible world.
When Lord Ram was on his way to triumph more than Ravana, he bestowed mother nature with prayers and respect to be a catalyst in his victory march. Being a Suryavanshi, Lord Rama initiated the worship of Surya with hymns, which then gave him strength and the energy to vanquish evil. Again, when Lord Rama was stuck on the shores of Rameshwaram hunting for a option to attain the Kingdom of Lanka, which was encircled by the sea, he prayed, fastened, and meditated for 3 extended days to the Sea Lord, Varuna.
There are lots of such situations exactly where Purushottama Lord Rama depicted the energy of nature and how one can attain their objective by cherishing their atmosphere. In present instances, when the world is on the brink of a climate crisis with two-third of the world population facing water scarcity and 90% facing pollution concerns, it is the have to have of the hour to embrace the existence of nature in our lives and move towards a collaborative well-being.
The learnings of Dussehra hold all the inspiration we have to have in the present instances to liberate ourselves and fight the irrationality, communal mindsets, and mismanagement of sources. We have to have a kaleidoscopic view to uncover parallels in the challenges depicted in our mythology and the ones mankind is facing in contemporary instances. It is only by way of unyielding moral and spiritual strength that one can stand in the face of adharma (injustice). The battleground is not external, but inside one’s self, exactly where a human becoming has to counter her opponents to remain committed to the path of truth and justice.
(Rajesh Mehta is a major consultant & columnist working on Market Entry, Innovation & Public Policy. Uddeshya Goel is a researcher with particular interests in international organization and capital markets. Views expressed are individual and do not reflect the official position or policy of the TheSpuzz Online.)