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Were Meghnada and Kumbhkarna aware that they were supporting adharma?
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Kumbhakarna knew that Ravana was in the wrong. On being called to aid during the war, Kumbhakarna mocks Ravana’s sins by saying:
दृष्टो दोषो हि योऽस्माभिः पुरा मन्त्रविनिर्णये।
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Were Meghnada and Kumbhkarna aware that they were supporting adharma?
Kumbhakarna advised Ravana to follow Vibhishna's advice:
http://valmikiramayan.net/utf8/yuddha/sarga63/yuddha_63_frame.htm
यदुक्तमिह ते पूर्वम् क्रियतामनुजेन च |
तदेव नो हितम् वाक्यम् यदिच्छसि च ...
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Where does it say that Ramayana, Mahabharata, Puranas, etc are smritis?
The smritis are those texts that teach the Dharma as expounded in the Vedas. Accordingly, they are also called as Dharmashastra (literally translated as Dharma teacher).
The definition of Smriti has ...
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Is the Moksha achieved after getting slayed by the Supreme Lord impermanent as in the case of Jaya and Vijaya's first two births?
The reason for this 'delayed' or 'deferred' Moksha for Jay and Vijay is actually a very interesting conundrum and I have found the resolution to this in only one scripture which is the Vishnu Puran.
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Valmiki's curse re-interpreted by Brahma as praising Rama
This episode is mentioned in Balakanda Sarga 2.
Shri Brahma, seeing the sage afflicted and sorrowful, said to him: “O Great Sage, let these words spontaneously uttered by you, inspired by the death ...
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What was the age of Sita at the time of marriage?
In Aranya Kanda of Valmiki Ramayana, Seetha tells Ravana that she had stayed at Ayodhya for 12 years after marriage. When She had left for Vanvaas, she was 18 and Rama was 25 years of age.
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Was Rama a god?
सर्वे अवताराः श्री रामचंद्रेचरणेखाभ्यः समुद्भवन्ति तथा अन्य कोटि विष्णुश्चतुर्व्युहश्च समुद्भवन्ति एवमयपराजितेश्वरपरिमिताः परनारायणादयः अष्टभुजा नारायणादयश्च अनंतकोटि संख्यकाः बुद्धाजंलिपुरा सर्वकालं ...
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