Rama is the Self in the Hindu epic narrative Ramayana (Atman). The story's demon king's name, "Ravana," means "ten mouths," which represents the ten sense organs (5 organs of knowledge; eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and skin, and the 5 organs of action; hands, feet, mouth, genitals, and anus), and all of the world's objects are demons who make up the demon king's army.
All of these items are attempting to defeat Rama, the Self. Hanuman, the monkey, represents the mind. Rama's army is "right ideas," while "Peace," or Sita, is his loyal wife. Ravana has kidnapped Sita and is holding her against her will. When the awareness of sense things fades, then the army of Ravana dies and one receives Peace, or Sita.
All of the numerous sense objects make up the army of Ravana. Ravana wanted to conduct a battle with the power of his army and destroy Rama.
Rama's brother, Laxman, is the leader of the army of Rama. "Laksh" implies attentiveness, while "mana" implies thought. Meditation should be done with complete concentration of the mind. Laxman is Indrajit's (the ego's) father-in-law, while Lakshaman was Ravana's aide in his previous life. Ravana had granted Indrajit an unique favor, ensuring that he would die solely at the hands of his in-law and not in any other way. Indrajit is the ego's "I."
The ego, Indrajit, dies when your intellect wishes to obtain "Knowledge of Brahman." When the mind is fixed on Brahman, the ego dies; when the mind is fixed on sense things, one stays a servant of the senses, or Ravana. Ravana has no fear of death. Shiva had given him the ability to die only if he so desired.
When his whole army was decimated, he pondered to himself, "What is Sita's purpose in being imprisoned here? I shall be set free if I die at Rama's hands.
I have not imprisoned Sita to save my life; rather, I have imprisoned her in order to achieve liberation. By just yielding to Rama, I shall not be able to govern over my empire. I have no choice except to die." "I aim my arrow at you in order to taunt and irritate you," Ravana stated to Rama. He did so, and he perished as a result. Pride, by example, is Ravana, who will only die of his own volition.
This is the Jiva, the person. Individuals grow ready to die by listening to Vedanta (non-dual spiritual doctrine). The sensation of "I Am," which is subtle pride, obscures the true essence of the Self. This pride is like Rahu, who has eclipsed everything (Rahu eclipses the Sun in Vedic astrology). In this case, the Sun represents the Self).
When pride declares, "I am Brahman," it is just referring to the physical body, which has a name.
The eclipse of the "True Self" is what it's termed. While the body with a name is born, the individual believes that he, the jiva, is the one who is born. You would die when your body died if you were merely your body. You are the observer of the body, not the body itself. The body passes away. You don't have it. With the aid of Hanuman's army, Laxman defeated Ravana's army.
The mind comes to comprehend that what appears to be true is not genuine through accurate thinking.
Laxman (properly focusing the mind's attention) realized this, and Ravana's army was decimated. Satya-nash is a Sanskrit term that meaning "to destroy." This means that it does not exist, despite the fact that it looks to be genuine. Thoughts that are correct are like monkeys. The army of Ravana was defeated by Hanuman's (the mind's) monkey army of "good ideas" (the sense objects).
The "Kingdom of Rama" became conceivable once Ravana perished.
Sita, the embodiment of peace, returned home. Continue to battle by brandishing the sword of wisdom (spiritual teaching) and reciting Rama's name (meditation). Because of Ravana's dread, all of the gods had fled. Ravana was able to wield absolute power as a result of this.
The epic Ramayana was composed with the intention of passing on "Spiritual Knowledge."
In the Kingdom of Rama, there is no wrath or desire; only serenity and pleasure exist. The Kingdom of Rama is the Self. Everything becomes Rama if you grasp it right. If Rama wins, the gods shower him with flowers; if Ravana wins, all the demons begin dancing. The demons are the objects in the world, and the "Self who is God," or Atmaram, is the condition of thought in which there are no objects.
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