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Mandodari
thing had happened to him, how much he would have felt. ‘You
should not go after the wife of another person. Is there anything
wrong in Rama getting angry Don’t you think they would feel
just as you would feel You just correct yourself. Don’t try to
make your fault as something very big’. (DTB4 -P17)
Mandodari ....... strove hard to change the wicked ways of her
husband, “You do not know who Rama is. He is the very
incarnation of Lord Narayana and Lakshmana is the incarnation
of Aadhisesha. Return Sita to Rama and fall at His feet,” she
said, but Ravana refused to pay heed to her advice. (SSB 1996
p.66)
Mandodari said, God is the Ultimate Divine Master and
Everything in Creation belongs to Him. All beings are His
property. The Sahasrara flower (representing the Mind) is His
property, and it must be offered to Him alone. Mandodari said,
“Ravana, Sri Rama is God Himself and Sita is the embodiment
of Mother Supreme. You have committed a heinous crime in
abducting Sita. What right do you have to take away what
belongs to someone else Repent at least now for what you have
done. Go to Rama, fall at His Feet, seek His pardon, and restore
Sita back to Him.” But alas, when disaster beckons, the mind
gets perverted; so Ravana ignored Mandodari’s advice and later
paid the price for his rashness. (SSB 2000 p.103-104)
"Return to Rama the Acme of chastity, the Diadem of the
Virtuous, the Incomparable Jewel of beauty, Sita.” Then let us
crown our son as Emperor of this realm and spend the rest of our
days in peace and plentiful joy in the immediate presence of
Rama. Ah! How fortunate is your brother! He is moving in the