Ravana is very powerful, if necessary he could have easily created a girl like Sita why then he took her?

Question

I just want to know the reason from Ravana's side. Please don't simply say surpanakai. I believe there will be much more important reasons behind this.

Mr ravipatti,
Please understand the question first . I never said Ravana is more powerful than Rama. What I said is Ravana is CAPABLE to create one more Sita for him if necessary.

Answer 1

Ravana by his extreme austerities and penances had pleased Lord Shiva who inturn had granted him with the boon for immortality.
One day Ravana's wife asked him " Lord when will you cease to exist?" Ravana was shocked by this question, all penances, all spiritual pursuit which he had aimed at being One with the supreme Param-atma were rendered futile by his immortality, so he went to Lord Shiva begging him for death, but shiva who had already blessed him with immortality could not take back his words, but since ravana pleaded intesely he said "Par-stri harnam, ravan marnam"
So God himself had to incarnate to vanquish ravana. And this whole play served as a lesson for all generations to come.

Answer 2

Ravana knew that he can't create girl like Sita as Sita was not some ones creation but born natural truth from the Earth. A copy can not be an origin.

Answer 3

I really pity you. You have not understood the characters of Rama and Ravana.

Ravana though powerful is only a candle light in front of Rama.

Rama is like Sun radiating all light. What a candle can do i n front of Sun. Ravanas tricks will not work before Rama.

If he is all powerful what prevented him from killing Rama and then take away Sita. Why should he create a golden deer and send Rama and Lakshmana out of scene?

It clearly indicates that balance of power is not in favour of Ravana. I HOPE I AM CLEAR.

Answer 4

Ravana did not covet Sita as Sita but as Ram's wife. This was a bigger plan of things in which the death of Ravana by the hands of Ram was written by fate.

Answer 5

Ravana was human and he cannot create, he has no powers to create a human, definitely not sita. Ravanna was a good man, a brahmin by birth, and deeply versed in the scriptures and practices. He would not have taken sita, but it was ego, anger and Lust, which made him take sita, and cause of his downfall.

Answer 6

Ramayana is an allegorical tale. There is an deeper meaning behind the story & the elements must not be taken literally.

Eastern literature has an interesting allegory, or an interpretation of Ramayana, which is applicable to our everyday life.

Early part of human life, there is happiness, peace in life, call it total bliss.

And as one grows up, including in youth, there is a possibility of losing peace and happiness if one does not pay attention to the good values in life, especially if the individual embraces impurity, impatience, and dishonest and unfair practices.

Further down the road, as one matures in life, introspection starts, one starts thinking about life, what is good for one and what is not so good.

Also one tries to apply the right approach in life with good and wholesome action.

According to the Buddhist teaching, "You have to look within for light" for answers to the questions related to your life.

"Do not go by hearsay, nor by what is handed down by others, nor by what is stated on the authority of your traditional teachings." Buddha desires that man should use their judgment, their inner light, their experience of the good or bad.

Buddha was like many of the religious preachers in leaving the final judgment to the individual.

Now what does all this have to do with Ramayana? According to this allegory or the drawn parallel:

Consider Sita representing happiness, peace, and bliss. Ravan representing impurity and impatience and Marich the Golden Dear representing dishonesty unfair practices and deceiving tactics. Then as Ravan and Marich collaborate to take Sita away; peace, happiness, or bliss in life is gone and one is very uncomfortable despite all material acquisitions.

Hanuman in the allegory is considered to be supreme knowledge, Ram is considered to be faith and confidence, Laxman patience, tolerance, and forbearance. So as Ram, Laxman, Hanuman, and their army get together; they liberate Sita. So with all the good actions; happiness, peace, and bliss are back in life.

Given below are the qualities of different Ramayana characters according to the Allegory

Rama Lakhsmana Sita
Faith Patience Happiness
Confidence Forbearance (hold back, abstain) Bliss
Tolerance Peace



Maricha as the golden deer is deceiving.
Ravana
Impurity and Impatience.
Rama & Lakshman Army
Merit

Good Action

Virtue

Wholesome action
Sugriv – the Leader of the Army
Right Action
Phari (Bali) – Destroyed by Rama
Wrong view


Phipek (Vibhishan)
Attentiveness
Hanuman

Supreme knowledge

Hattayi (Son of Hanuman)
Consciousness

Answer 7

ravana's ego could not be satisfied with any girl it was with Maan Seeta only because she was the wife of Rama.before that Laksman cutted nose of ravana's sister Supnakha.these incidents were nothing but used to awaken the ravanas ahemkar by God himself.

Answer 8

Because Ravana was the devotee of Sita.

Answer 9

To exhibit his more powers than Lord Rama's and to teach the people whom they were praying, who could not save his own wife from being abducted and confined for 12 long years.

Answer 10

I agree with Jam +ravipati