Ravana: A King, A Fall, A Mother’s Grief

 



Ravana: A King, A Fall, A Mother’s Grief

Ravana, my child
Born of wisdom, of boundless desire.
You drank the Vedas, you knew their tune,
You spoke to the stars, you measured the moon.

Ravana, my son, the scholar, the sage,
You walked with gods, you read time’s page.
Your hands could heal, your mind could weave
The secrets hidden in nights and eves.

Ravana, the king, of Lanka’s throne,
Where gold outshone the morning’s tone.
No famine lurked, no fear took hold,
Your people lived in dreams of gold.

Ravana, the warrior, unbeaten, untamed,
Devas and asuras trembled at your name.
With twenty arms and mind so vast,
No blade nor spell could hold you fast.

Ravana, the poet, the one who knew,
The dance of words, the hymns so true.
Your voice could make the mountains kneel,
Your songs could make the heavens feel.

Ravana, the bhakta, the fierce, the wild,
Shiva’s laughter, fate’s lost child.
You lifted Kailash, you bore its weight,
Yet bowed in awe to time’s dictate.

Yet tell me, Ravana, tell me why,
With all you knew, with thoughts so high,
Did wisdom break, did reason slip?
Why did your hand let darkness grip?

Was it karma’s wheel that turned too fast,
The echo of sins from lifetimes past?
Or was it fate, that cruel, unseen thread,
That pulled you where no mind had led?

Why did you not pause, not wait, not see—
That Sita was never your destiny?
That a moment's rage, a fleeting choice,
Would drown your empire, still your voice?

Oh, Ravana, had the stars not sighed,
Had fate not woven this thread so wide,
Could wisdom’s weight have steered your hand,
And spared the fall of your golden land

Yet time is a river, ceaseless, strong,
It drowns both the right and the wrong.
What is a moment, but a door left ajar,
And what is ruin but one step too far?

Yet even Ravana, bold and high,
Could not outmatch fate’s silent sigh.
For power may rise, and wisdom may reign,
But even a king like Ravana must bow to destiny’s chain.

Comments

  1. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2025 at 10:58 AM

    Excellent and profound. Was it the destiny which drove Ravana to Sita overpowering his wisdom? Or do we call it Karma!

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