Timeline for Why did Rāma kill Śambūka? And is Rāma justified in killing him without a second chance?
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| Jan 22 at 5:11 | comment | added | Pradip Gangopadhyay | There is a discussion on the interpolation question here: hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/20933/… | |
| Jan 22 at 4:40 | comment | added | Amritendu Mukhopadhyay | Verse number in traditional edition 7.76.1-4 | |
| Jan 22 at 4:33 | comment | added | Amritendu Mukhopadhyay | Acharayas (who follow the traditional edition) and the scholars who follow the critical edition both, in fact, disagree with your opinion. | |
| Jan 22 at 4:30 | comment | added | Amritendu Mukhopadhyay | To be specific, in the critical edition, the verse number is 7.67.1-4 | |
| Jan 22 at 4:29 | comment | added | Amritendu Mukhopadhyay | Clearly, the scholars did not agree with your opinion. | |
| Jan 22 at 4:21 | comment | added | Pradip Gangopadhyay | The critical edition is not always right. In this case the scholars involved with the critical edition should have dropped the last khanda completely. | |
| Jan 22 at 4:19 | comment | added | Amritendu Mukhopadhyay | The chapter number that you indicated is from the critical edition of Ramayana. Vivek Debroy translated the critical edition of Ramayana. As it is present in the critical edition, you cannot claim it is interpolated. In the traditional editions of Ramayana, the narration is found in 7.85. | |
| Jul 6, 2021 at 1:53 | comment | added | Prakash RP | Unable to grasp what wrong Shambuka did. Would like to know by which ethical or legal criteria it's criminal and punishable for someone that aspires to be the PM of India and decides to contest the parliamentary election and thus occupy the office of the PM as a legitimate claimant. | |
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| May 9, 2020 at 14:11 | comment | added | TheExorcist | @YDS That doesn't justify the question, how could he be blamed for brahmhatya. | |
| Jul 12, 2018 at 10:45 | comment | added | Pradip Gangopadhyay | There is a problem with Narada claiming that Shudras are not allowed to do tapasya in Kali Yuga. That claim is directly contradicted by Gita 9.32 spoken by Lord Krishna before the advent of Kali Yuga which says that Shudras can attain God. How would Shudras be able to attain God before Kali yuga if they are not allowed to do tapasya? | |
| Jul 11, 2018 at 16:49 | comment | added | YDS | @Surya Brahmhtya is a grave sin and Shambuka indirectly commited Brahmhtya sin..I don't think 2nd chance must hv given... | |
| Jul 11, 2018 at 14:41 | comment | added | Surya | @YDS But that doesn't explain why Rama killed him without even a warning. | |
| Jul 11, 2018 at 12:45 | comment | added | YDS | Actually, Valmiki Ramayana itself gives another reason...it says Shudras r allowed to do Tapasya only in Kaliyuga and not in other yugas...He was doing Tapasya in Treta which was adharma due to which a Bhrahmana boy died in Rama's kingdom... | |
| Jul 11, 2018 at 11:36 | history | edited | Pradip Gangopadhyay | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 26, 2018 at 17:02 | comment | added | Anisha | @sv. Vishwamitra didn't want heaven, trishanku was also killed for going to heaven in physical form. | |
| Jun 26, 2018 at 14:54 | comment | added | Say No To Censorship | "Rama killed Shambuka to stop him from gaining control of lower heaven" - please cite the smriti that gives the right to a king to kill anyone who wants to 'gain control of lower heaven' without a dialogue, without a second opinion. Also, didn't Rama's guru, Vishwamitra, engage in such a tapas/yajna? How is that Vishwamitra got away with it but not Shambuka? | |
| Jun 26, 2018 at 14:21 | comment | added | Surya | @Dr. Vineet and @ Pradip actually this still doesn't answer the question of why wasn't Shambuka given a second chance? | |
| Jun 26, 2018 at 13:37 | comment | added | Dr. Vineet Aggarwal | Good to have an answer to this perplexing question finally. | |
| Jun 26, 2018 at 13:11 | history | answered | Pradip Gangopadhyay | CC BY-SA 4.0 |