All the points (except the doubtful 5th) deserve notice. My views are as under: 1. When fighting with Ravana Rama delayed using potent weapons for, he want to wait for Ravana whether any trace of remorse affect Ravana after having lost his brother. He also wanted to show the world how Ravana got so powerful due to Brahma's blessings so that such mercy should not be shown towards underserved. 2. I completely agree as, if it is Brahmastra, even Shiva cannot come in between. 3. I would think that devas after drinking 'amrutham' became immortal only till kalpantha. For, in this creation of Hari, nothing is permanent except HIMSELF. This amrutham does work only within that kalpa and not beyond that, for, again, they have to do samudra manthana to take out 'amrutha'. So for Rama, adhi devathas are just like we 'manushyas'. Hence, as you said, he sent his sankalpa along with the asthra to frighten the culprit. 4. Mohini appeared in two ways I suppose during samudra manthana. She bewildered Asuras with her sammohana and appeared likewise to them. But to all the rest of Gods, she might have appeared as a lady minus the 'sammohana' soundarya. I even would like to think that she appeared as Hari himself to all the rest of the gods, for, no one in His creation can stand against his 'maya'. Sadashiva(who burnt Manmatha to ash) succumbing to His charma is a case in point. I even heard that even Lakshmi grew jealousy with the beauty of Mohini. Hari knows his subjects' capability(Is n't he?). Hence, I would rather think that he would have appeared in two diverse ways to successfully accomplish the task. regards sukumar Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:SriRangaSri-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:SriRangaSri-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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