This is an ideal Ramayana stories for children. So, when Laxman chopped off her nose, she provoked Ravana to kidnap Sita as an act of revenge. Distraught by the death of Dushtabuddhi Rakasha, Surpnakha realized that only Rama could kill Ravana. Surpanakha was first married to Dushtabuddhi Rakasha, who enjoyed great favors from Ravana, But his greed for more enraged Ravana and he had him killed. To seek revenge, Surpanakha induced Ravana to kidnap Sita, which triggered the battle.īut other accounts suggest that Surpanakha enticed Ravana to kidnap Sita to avenge her husband’s death. Fearing Sita’s life, Rama told Laxman to chop off her ears and nose. Angered by the rejection, Surpanakha tried to hurt Sita. Soorpnakha then proposed to Laxman, but even he rejected her. But Valmiki’s Ramayana accounts that Surpanakha approached Rama, but he rejected her for Sita. Most accounts of Ramayana suggest that Surpanakha, Ravana’s sister had no interest in Rama. Surpanakha, The Stimulus Of The Battle Of Lanka: It can be one of the best stories from Ramayana for children. If Urmila had not helped, Laxman would have never been able to slay Megnath, the one who was granted a boon that only Gudakesh could kill him. Urmila slept for 14 years, until the day of Ram’s coronation. Nindra went to the palace of Ayodhya and asked Urmila if she would like to take up Laxman’s sleep, to which she gladly agreed. So Laxman asked her to consider Urmila for this. Nindra commanded that someone had to sleep on behalf of him to create a balance. So he approached Nindra, the Goddess of Sleep and asked her to look over him for the next 14 years. Laxman wanted to protect Ram and Sita from all the dangers, defeating sleep.

Urmila, Laxman’s wife, was ready to accompany him when he was leaving for the exile, but Laxman forced her to stay home.

His wish to be an older brother was fulfilled when he was born as Balram. Laxman had complained all his life that being born as the younger brother he has to obey all the commands of Ram. Laxman was later born as Balram, Lord Krishna’s elder brother. Lord Rama, as most of us know, is the incarnation of Vishnu, but what about his brothers Laxman, Bharat and Shatrughan? Bharat and Shatrughan are the Sudarshan-Chakra of Lord Rama, and Vishnu is his Shesh-Naag, Vishnu’s seat in Vaikunth.

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