Manthra Karm

So there is this background story in Ramayan, that manthra provoked kaikai to send Ramji away in order to save his life.Long back when Dashrath was a young man, he shot a "shabdbhedi baan" and accidentally shot Sravana Kumar while he was trying to fill water for his blind parents. When Dasharath realized his mistake he apologized to Saravana kumar's parents but they could not be consoled and gave him a 'shraap' that may you die of putraviyog just as we are. Now, Manthra knew of this shraap, she knew that Ram was Dasharath's favourite son, so she made up a scheme to send Ram away from Dasharath so that the conditions of the shraap might be met without Ram dying. I have no idea if this is true or not, for that matter i have no idea if the entire Ramayan is true or not, but .... i find this such a poetic story. She earned the hatred, scorn and ridicule of history to save Ram. the one who must be thanked is abused, disgraced and ostracized. Ironic. So when someone does something really mean to me, for a second i wonder.... is that "Manthra karam"? Are they doing this for my good?

Not everyone can do that though. We all live so much in the eyes of other people that we rarely ever live on our own. I am not saying everybody is like that, most of us are though. If i can sing the sweetest song, write the prettiest poem, paint the nicest picture can I live long without sharing that with anyone. For most of us, our talent, ability, and skill seem to acquire meaning through the appreciation of others.We need credit, appreciation or at least some acknowledgment of our efforts and it is in that light that i find this story especially poignant.