Anger💣

Rāvan lamented profusely & said-Indrajit why have you deserted us while still our tormentors Rām, Laxman & Sugriva are alive? A huge rage enveloped him, born of his son’s death. Rāvan, who by his very nature was wrathful, had his anguish flared up further. His brows joined together on his forehead & he yawned with anger as if fire broke out from his mouth with smoke

Afflicted with grief & wrapped in anger, Rāvan pondered to kill Sitā in revenge. His dreadful eyes, which were red in color by their very nature, glittered more with wrath. His form resembled enraged Rudra at the time of dissolution of world. Drops of tears fell from his eyes, as drops of oil with flames fall from blazing lamps. The sound of his teeth as he grind them, was like a noise of a large machine

Trembling with fear, demon counsellors hid themselves from his vision, as if he was Yama-God of death, which'll devour all beings. Rāvan roared-Brahmā, the lord of creation, was gratified by my performing stupendous austerity for 1000’s of years successfully & there was no fear for me from either celestials or demons, leave aside humans. In all my past combats, the armor gifted to me by Brahmā, couldn’t be mutilated, by anyone who even held thunderbolts in their hand. Who’ll dare, be it Indra himself, to attack me in battle when I’ll mount chariot wearing that armor

Let that large bow given to me along with arrows by gracious Brahmā, on occasion of my combat between gods & demons, be taken out today with accompaniment of band of musical instruments, to kill Rām & Laxman battle.

That cruel Rāvan, then decided kill Sitā first

Looking fixedly with blood-red eyes on all those demons, who were making miserable sounds, Rāvan for his part, assuming a terrible appearance, said-In order to hoodwink Vānaras, something which had been killed before, but by conjuring trick as illusory Sitā by Indrajit, will not be a hoax but a hard reality now. I will destroy Sitā, who is devoted to Rām

Thus, speaking to his counsellors, he swiftly drew his sword & proceeded

Anger is an important emotion if we use it constructively rather getting consumed by it. When something bad happens, we feel angry and lash out irrationally. This starts an ever-escalating cycle of reactions & counteractions by us & others. If we don’t try to understand the underlying cause then consequences of anger rather than anger itself will hurt us perpetually by thoughtless actions

Anger indicates that something is wrong, it is a trigger point to analyze what we have missed in the course of self or other’s actions and course correction thereon. It ideally should never incorporate harsh words &, pain leading to alienation of others

Our spiritual practices makes us calm & constructive in face of adverse situations. Realization that we are soul & not this body, will make us inner stabilized. This will empower us to understand & find solutions to underlying issues however challenging they are

Thoughts? #gameoflife