tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813749.post4583053383842022512..comments2024-03-24T12:52:31.153+05:30Comments on Shadow Warrior: to all who miss m-f hussain, here's the poor man's version: nina paley, another untalented 'artist' who trashes other people's beliefsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813749.post-37309478519362971862011-09-14T03:19:13.825+05:302011-09-14T03:19:13.825+05:30Watch Ramayana in 100 Verses, by Sage Valmini...ni...Watch Ramayana in 100 Verses, by Sage Valmini...nice pictures from Ramayana and Sanskrit chant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIqWedULU3gAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813749.post-81742117905037838202011-07-24T01:20:34.655+05:302011-07-24T01:20:34.655+05:30"In the Ramayana, Sita is only a footnote in ..."In the Ramayana, Sita is only a footnote in the story, but obviously my film is about Sita and her suffering." - So says Nina Paley of "Sita Sings the Blues" fame.<br /><br />Yet in the Bala Khanda itself we find the following:<br /><br />kaavyam raamaayaNam kR^itsnam siitaayaaH charitam mahat |<br />paulastya vadham iti evam chakaara charita vrataH || 1-4-7<br /><br />7. charitra vrata= sage who observed all sacred vows; kR^itsnam kaavyam= to entire, epic; raamaayaNam= Ramayana; siithayaH charitam mahat= Seetha's, legend, sublime; poulastya vadham= Ravana's, elimination; iti= thus [naming]; evam cakaara= that way, made, rendered.<br /><br />That sage with observed sacred vows has rendered the entire epic in the name of 'Ramayana', 'Sublime Legend of Seetha' and 'elimination of Ravana'. [1-4-7]<br /><br />Seetha's conduct is the primary aspect and Ravana's elimination is secondary in the epic of Ramayana.<br /><br />http://www.valmikiramayan.net/bala/sarga4/balaitrans4.htmJulianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12132525552127001861noreply@blogger.com