Rama & RamRajya : an Agnostic Ram-Bhakt’s View v the Sensible View
The idiot claims to be an agnostic, but he believes in the divinity of Rama of Valmiki’s Ramayana.
He also believes in RamRajya. His arguments are strikingly strange. ‘ In that Epic itself Rama was Described as Greatest ruler ‘, he remarked. Although he’s well aware that there was varnahram, as a result of which Rama’s subjects were divided into the highest, higher, and the lowest varnas by birth, he believes that ‘ there were no poor ‘ in RamRajya. ‘ Every Varna Flourished in every corner ‘, he argued. Clearly, the stupid defines his RamRajya as a regime with classes ( varnas ), but there are No distinctions between classes, No wealth disparity Nor any wage differentials. He claimed that Rama was so Great a ruler that he provided everyone of his subjects, ‘ irrespective of his Varna or status ‘, with ‘ equal rights and justice ‘. ‘ He himself mixed with lower Varna ‘, he argued, ‘ just to know about their status ‘. As a result, every citizen, No matter which varna they belong to, was ‘ Happy and prosperous ‘ under Rama’s rule. To give you an idea of Rama’s greatness, he argued that Rama rode chariots and lived in a ‘ Big building ‘ called ‘ Rajmahal ‘, traveled through airspace by ‘ puspak viman ‘, and could release, with his bows & arrows, deadly ‘ WEAPONS WHICH HAVE MODERN DAY EQUIVALENT OF ATOMIC BOMB, HYDROGEN BOMB, BOMRAMG MISSILES, AND OTHERS ‘.
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The Sensible View
The epic Ramayana is a mere fiction. The historicity of the story of Rama remains inconclusive to date. I’ve thrown light on this issue in the essay Historicity of Rama & RamSetu. Nevertheless, characters in a fiction may be realistic and deserve emulation. But does Rama deserve that distinction Really? Let’s see.
Rama was a king that ascended his throne as an heir at law, Not because of any noble or creditable accomplishments by him. Did he Really achieve anything creditable in his life? He killed Vali, which act shows that he was devoid of all sense of ethicality and stopped at Nothing to achieve his aim. He killed Shambuka whose only fault was he was shudra. Not only does this fact show how the seventh avatar of Lord Vishnu was biased against the lowest varna, it also shows you how staunchly he supported varnashram, the abominable Vedic doctrine, by which humans are born inferior or superior. He killed Ravana the formidable Demon king, but this act of his can hardly deserve to be reckoned heroic as he was assisted by all manner of means by the All-Powerful God & gods. The Fact is by the Bala Kanda of Valmiki Ramayana, Rama was sent by the All-Powerful God & gods in conformity with their secret scheme aimed at ridding themselves of Ravana. Evidently, Rama’s heroic military campaign against Ravana and the extermination of Ravana were all foreordained, as I see it.
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The Fact that Rama performed penance for Brahmahatya after killing the Demon king Ravana that was a pious Brahmin too but did Nothing of the sort for his heinous act of killing Shambuka, the innocent youth, whose only fault was he was a Shudra exposes the Vishnu avatar’s true colours and thus explodes the myth that Rama provided everyone of his subjects, ‘ irrespective of his Varna or status ‘, with ‘ equal rights and justice ‘, consequent on which fact, every citizen was ‘ Happy and prosperous ‘ under Rama’s rule.
In Rama’s RamRajya, people were divided into classes (varnas) by their birth, Not by their accomplishments or achievements in life. In a class-ridden society, people are born privileged and underprivileged. The underprivileged are born to be dependent on and so exploited by the privileged. Thus, it’s clear as day that RamRajya was premised on gross social injustice. The idiot Rambhakts doN’t have any concept of the ABC of economics, otherwise they would know that in every exploitative order, wealth accumulates in a few hands of the exploiting class to lead to the horrendous impoverishment of the multitude, the exploited millions. The view that in RamRajya, ‘ Every Varna Flourished in every corner ‘ is damn Silly. You should Not fail to take cognisance in this regard of the global reality of today, namely, the Fact that the gulf between the rich and the poor has kept on widening worldwide even during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Oxfam International’s publication, The Inequality Virus, is meant to enlighten you about this most disgraceful, agonizing global reality. You should Not fail to take cognisance either of the fact that Rama was a born Royal and hence belonged to the Ruling exploiting class, i.e. the class of social parasites that create No wealth and so contribute Nothing to the society or the civilisation.
Rama’s ‘ Rajmahal ‘ claimed to be a ‘ Big building ‘ by the Rambhakt idiot is also a damn Silly myth. The seventh avatar of Lord Vishnu did Not belong to the pre-Vedic Harappans. The Indo-European tribes (aka Aryans) to which Valmiki belonged most probably did Not know the technology to build big buildings. Archaeologists have excavated plenty of relics of Harappan structures. Nevertheless, No such evidence of the Indo-European tribes’ skill in architecture has been unearthed so far.
Rama’s ‘ puspak viman ‘ and his ‘ WEAPONS ‘ that were as deadly as ‘ ATOMIC BOMB, HYDROGEN BOMB, BOMRAMG MISSILES, AND OTHERS ‘ are also equally mythical, as I see it. The Truth is people of the epic age didN’t even learn to make things like paper, graphite-lead pencils, fountain pens, ball-point pens, etc. They did Not know either that the moon is a satellite, the sun a star, and the earth a planet. Their concept of the Universe was geocentric and limited to the earth (prithivi). Even the abode of their gods, the heaven, was situated, as they imagined it, somewhere on Mount Kailash, a mountain of the Himalayan Ranges that evolved in the womb of the earth. They Really had No concept of engines or motors. Rama’s ‘ puspak viman ‘ and deadly ‘ WEAPONS ‘ were divine stuff, hence Unreal outright. They had No engines Nor any motors ; Nor did they use any fuels. They had to be invoked and activated by uttering divine spells (mantra). No Real vehicle Nor any Real weapon runs on spells Really.
Rama was a Patriarch and indulged in the luxury of the Barbarian institution of matrimony. Like an Imbecile, he believed in the chastity of women as well as rank superstitions like the belief that the death of a child is attributable to the sin of someone else. He was also addicted to alcohol, Apsaras, and Nymphs.
BrāhmaHatya, ShambukaHatya, Rama’s penance, Brahman the Absolute, the Vedic varnashram, Bhagavadagita & logic
Rama killed Ravana the Demon king and thus committed the heinous sin of brahmahatya (the murder of a Brahmin) because the Demon king was a Brahmin. So the seventh avatar of Lord Vishnu did penance by making a Shiva lingam out of some sea-shore sand by his own hands and then worshipping it in the island Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu (an Indian state), where the Rambhakts erected a large temple ( Ramanathaswamy Temple ) later on. You should Not fail to take cognisance of the Significance of this incident. It’s clear as day that Rama, the seventh avatar of Lord Vishnu, regards the killing of a Brahmin as a great sin. What if the person killed is a Non-Brahmin? Mind you, Rama never did any penance for executing Shambuka who was a shudra. But what’s wrong with the killing of a Brahmin? It’s a grossly sinful act according to the Vedic varnashram and the Vedic dharma that states that the All-Powerful Supreme Being, the Brahman the Absolute, happens to be identical with the self of every Brahmin. Thus, Rama believes that by killing Ravana, he killed the Brahman the Absolute who’s None other than Lord Vishnu Himself, the All-Powerful, Immortal Lord of the Universe. And so, the seventh avatar of Lord Vishnu had to do penance for this heinous act. The message is clear. The Demon king Ravana was a Brahmin, and so, although he was guilty of a most abominable crime and deserved the death penalty in the eyes of None other than Brahman the Absolute, the act of killing him was a sin. Nevertheless, the killing of innocent beings like Vali, Shambuka, etc. is No sin just because they’re Non-Brahmins. This is the essence of the Vedic varnashram as well as the Vedic Sanatana dharma.
The brahmahatya and the consequent performance of penance by Rama give rise to another most important question : Who Truly is to blame for the wrong done by a Brahmin? The errant Brahmin’s body? Or his Self, Brahman the Absolute? A body without self or soul is dead, isN’t it? And a dead body canNot be held responsible for anything, good or bad. Nevertheless, a Brahmin’s self is the Self of Brahman the Absolute. Thus, the logical conclusion we arrive at from the Vedic varnashram is it happens to be the Brahman the Absolute, the All-Powerful Supreme Being, who’s responsible for all acts done by a Brahmin. And so, Rama himself, as the seventh avatar of Lord Vishnu, is to blame for all wrongdoings by Ravana, as I see it. Why did he punish Ravana, the innocent Demon?
And further, Not only does the killing of Ravana add up to killing the Immortal Supreme Being, it also adds up to Rama’s killing himself. So, Rama, the seventh avatar of Lord Vishnu, did Not Really need to go to Lanka, Ravana’s kingdom, and engage in a great war that led to huge bloodshed and the loss of countless lives. He could’ve achieved his great goal by simply committing suicide, couldN’t he? Why did he behave like so great big an Imbecile, the Sensible wonder.
Nevertheless, by the Vedic theory, Brahman the Absolute, the All-Powerful Supreme Being, that created the Universe as well as all living and Nonliving beings existing in the Universe exists in every being. And in the Bhagavadagita, Lord Krishna (another name of Lord Vishnu) says : ‘ The deluded despise Me clad in human body, … ‘ ( IX, 11 ) As construed by S. Radhakrishnan, it means that the Brahman the Absolute is ‘ present in all beings as their soul … ‘ The ‘ all beings ‘ consist of all things, living as well as Nonliving. Thus, it follows that Lord Vishnu, Brahman the Absolute, regards ‘ all beings ‘ as entities each of which is in possession of a ‘ soul ‘ that happens to be identical with His own Self, and so the annihilation of anything (a bridge, a building, a statue, etc.) amounts to the sin of brahmahatya, as I see it. If you like to take ‘ all beings ‘ to mean only all living beings, I won’t object. Nevertheless, in that case too, acts of killing Vali, Shambuka, etc. amount to brahmahatya. Valmiki’s Rama did Never do the penance for this sin of brahmahatya. Is it possible that the seventh avatar of Lord Vishnu, the Omniscient Lord of the Universe, was Not aware of His heinous sin? Or is it the proof of His rank Hypocrisy? Valmiki’s Ramayana does Not have any answer to these humble queries.
Worshipping the Shiva Lingam by Rama : Proof that He was a Fake Avatar of Lord Vishnu
So, the seventh avatar of Lord Vishnu was all for worshipping idols while Lord Vishnu himself was against it*. The Vedic Sanatana Dharma too disapproves of silly idolatry. Thus, it’s proof that Rama was a pseud.
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* ‘ In the Bhagavata ‘, says S Radhakrishnan, ‘ the Lord is represented as saying “ I am present in all beings as their soul but disregarding My presence, the mortal makes a display of image worship. “ ‘ ( Bhagavadgita by S Radhakrishnan, IX, p 243 ) This gives the impression that Lord Krishna is against the idol worship. So, I asked Vaishnavas of the ISKCON to cite something from their Holy books to support their act of worshipping the idol of Lord Krishna (another name of Lord Vishnu). In reply, they sent me this message : ‘ There is no rules in real worship. God only see your feelings not your actions. If you help a person then you do it with heart not just for making lord happy. Your feelings and intentions behind the work is most important. So do every work with good intentions and this work automatically becomes a ideal worship. ‘ Obviously, they’re Damn evasive. I asked them to justify the Silly culture of idol worship by them. They delivered a lecture on ‘ real worship ‘ and ‘ ideal worship ‘. I responded with this message : ‘ This is Not the Right response to my query. I asked for a citation to show that Lord Krishna approves of idol worship. I can see you’re damn evasive on the issue. ‘ Then I received this message from them : ‘ The most famous citation to show that lord krishna approves of idol worship is the appearance of Shri Shri Bake Bihariji.Shri Swami haridas got Bankey bihari ji appeared in Nidhivan during 15th century. Lord krishna himself appears as a idol which reflects lord krishna approves idol worship… ‘
So, as it’s clear as day from the above, the silly Vaishnavas found No other way than to have recourse to silly sophism, namely, the silly story invented by some ‘ Shri Swami haridas ‘ of the 15th century. Thus, it’s implied that they’re unable to cite something incontestable from their Holy books ( Vedas, the great epic Mahabharata, Shrimad-Bhagavatam, etc. ) in support of their idolatry.
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What wrong did Shambuka do to deserve execution by Rama?
In Valmiki Ramayana ( Book 7, the ‘Uttarakanda’, sargas 73–76 ) occurs the following story.
One day, an aged Brahmin, a humble citizen of RamRajya, came to Rama. With eyes full of tears, the stranger who was carrying his dead son in his arms said he believed that Rama must be guilty of the commission of some great grave sin, which led to the premature death of his beloved son. There was the great sage Narada in the court who informed Rama that a Shudra is practicing penances, which fact was at the root of the child’s death. Soon afterwards, Rama embarked on a searching mission during which he came across an ascetic doing austerities and demanded to know who he was.
‘ “(76) Hearing the [inquiring] words of Rama of imperishable exploits, that ascetic, his head still hanging downwards [as part of his austerities] answered: — ‘O Rama, I was born of a Shudra alliance and I am performing this rigorous penance in order to acquire the status of a God in this body. I am not telling a lie, O Rama, I wish to attain the Celestial Region. Know that I am a Shudra and my name is Shambuka.’ As he was yet speaking, Raghava [Rama], drawing his brilliant and stainless sword from its scabbard, cut off his head. The Shudra being slain, all the Gods and their leaders with Agni’s followers, cried out, ‘Well done! Well done!’ overwhelming Rama with praise, and a rain of celestial flowers of divine fragrance fell on all sides, scattered by Vayu. In their supreme satisfaction, the Gods said to that hero, Rama: — ‘Thou hast protected the interests of the Gods, O Highly Intelligent Prince, now ask a boon, O beloved Offspring of Raghu, Destroyer of Thy Foes. By thy grace, this Shudra will not be able to attain heaven!’” (583–84) ‘ ( Ramayana )
First off, the story reveals that Not only was he a fake avatar of Lord Vishnu, he was also a superstitious Fool and an abominable defender of varnashram. There can be No good Reason for a True avatar of the Omniscient Lord of the Universe to have No foreknowledge of Shambuka’s ambitious design and its consequences and thus fail to take preventive steps in due advance. The innocent child would Not die if he acted duly and timely. Nevertheless, the fact is Not only was Rama totally in the dark about Shambuka’s activities, he had to learn about all this from a Royal-court member as well. He even did Not recognise Shambuka on encountering him before the latter made known his True identity.
Second, this story also exposes the True colours of Not only Rama but ‘ all the Gods ‘ in heaven as well. Shambuka was a humble, unarmed, and law-abiding citizen. Mind you, he was Not a thief Nor a smuggler Nor someone like a snake in the grass. He cherished a noble ambition : ‘ to attain the Celestial Region ‘, the abode of Gods; and he tried to achieve his goal through hard labour : ‘ rigorous penance ‘, which was Neither a subterfuge Nor any illicit means. So, what wrong did he do ? It was Not his fault that ‘ all the Gods ‘ were terrified of his success. The Fact of the matter is Gods, the professed Almighty, were terrified of the presence of an insignificant human like him in their abode, the ‘ heaven ‘. The Reason ? Why were the Omnipotent Gods so terrified of him ? It’s clear as day from the above citation that his only fault was he was a ‘ Shudra ‘. And thus, it also reveals the rank hypocrisy of both Lord Rama and Lord Vishnu. You know in SrimadBhagavad Gita, Lord Vishnu said: ‘ For those who take refuge in Me, O Partha (Arjuna), though they are lowly born, women, Vaishyas, as well as Shudras, they also attain to the highest goal ‘. ( Bhagavad Gita By S Radhakrishnan ; IX, 32 ) Evidently, by slaying Shambuka, the innocent, humble ‘ Shudra ‘, Not only did Lord Rama expose his unfathomable baseness, he also proved that Lord Vishnu is a damn Liar.
[ The above image of the page 252 of The Bhagavadgita shows the verse numbered 32. ]
The slaying of Shambuka by Rama, the seventh avatar of Lord Vishnu, who was both the complainant and the Adjudicator in the case also shows you how low the standard of Rama’s morality as well as the divine morality was Truly. By all the civilised standards, Neither the complainant Nor the defendant are entitled to undertake the performance of judgement in a dispute. It should by No means be allowed to escape your notice that the superstitious Brahmin of this story did Not accuse Shambuka of any crime. It was Narada that attributed the death of the child to Shumbaka’s performance of ‘ rigorous penance ‘ aimed at the attainment of divinity. It was Truly Rama who happens to be both the accuser and the judgement giver as well as the executioner of the judgement in this case. This also constitutes an evidence for the view that Ramayana’s Rama was Truly a Barbarian character. Modern-day Monarchs have paid people to execute their orders.
The Murder of Vali by Rama & his Divine Arguments to Defend this Vilest Act
The heinous murder of the innocent, unarmed youth Shambuka should remind you of a similar act by Lord Rama : the murder of Vali. This victim was also as innocent and unarmed as Shambuka. BR Ambedkar remarked, ‘ It was a crime which was thoroughly unprovoked, for Vali had no quarrel with Rama. It was a most cowardly act, for Vali was unarmed. It was a planned and premeditated murder. ‘ ( The Riddle of Rama … )
The long story short, Vali (Bali) and Sugriva were siblings. The elder bro Vali inherited the throne of Kishkindha as the legitimate heir. Some days later, Sugriva betrayed his brother and usurped the throne while Vali was away on a royal mission. On his return, Vali retrieved his position and banished Sugriva from his kingdom. One day after that, Sugriva met Rama in the solitude of a mountain where he retreated after being banished. They shared their stories of misfortune with one another and struck a deal. Rama promised to help Sugriva get rid of Vali and re-usurp the throne of Kishkinddha while Sugriva promised to pay back his debt (because of this help) to Rama by his help to retrieve Sita from Ravana’s captivity.
Lord Rama kept his promise to the letter by striking Vali from behind like an undercover assassin, ‘ as a serpent bites a sleeping man ‘, as Vali put it in his dying statement ( The Ramayana of Valmiki by Hari Prasad Shastri; Book 4 — Kishkindha-kanda, chapter 17), and thus once again the seventh Vishnu avatar displayed his matchless sordidness.
Let’s now have a look at the seventh Vishnu avatar’s sordid sophistries to justify this vicious act of his.
1. ‘ This earth belongs to the Ikshvakus, together with its mountains, forests and woods and they have jurisdiction over the wild beasts, birds and men, ‘ argued Lord Rama. ( The Ramayana of Valmiki by Hari Prasad Shastri; Book 4 — Kishkindha-kanda, chapter 18 )
And thus, Rama claimed that their Ikshvaku dynasty happens to be the lawful owner as well as ruler of the earth, and so, as he belonged to that dynasty, he’s authorised to enforce their laws and punish the transgressors anywhere on the earth.
His claim is certainly Not True. The Ikshvaku dynasty did Never have its authority established over the subcontinent it belonged to. In fact, Neither Rama Nor Valmiki had any concept of a continent or a subcontinent. They Really did Not know how big the earth is and how many continents the earth consists of.
2. ‘ You have acted in opposition to the spiritual law. While Sugriva yet lives, you have had marital relations with Ruma, who is your sister-in-law. … The man who makes his daughter, his sister or his sister-in-law an object of lust, is punishable by death; this is the law! ‘ ( The Ramayana of Valmiki by Hari Prasad Shastri; Book 4 — Kishkindha-kanda , chapter 18 )
So, you see the great sage Valmiki’s brain invented a novel sophistry that the seventh Vishnu avatar seized on to justify his shameless cowardice and boundless immorality. Vali ‘ had marital relations with Ruma ‘ who was Sugriva’s wife, hence Vali’s ‘ sister-in-law ‘, and so, since Rama views the ‘ sister-in-law ‘ as a sister, Vali was guilty if violating ‘ the spiritual law ‘ and hence ‘ punishable by death ‘.
Fantastic explanation! But then, there’s the great epic Mahabharata that acquaints us with the polyandry of Draupadi. She was married to five Pandava brothers each of which relished sex with her and fathered a son in her womb. How come her platonic lover Lord Krishna (another name of Lord Vishnu) found Nothing wrong with this incest of the Pandavas? What about the Fact that Not only had Lord Krishna found Nothing wrong with the incestuous marriage of Arjuna, the third Pandava, with Subhadra, his own sister and Arjuna’s first cousin, he even went as far as to devise a secret scheme and have recourse to sheer lying to his own brother to see them married ? (The Story of Subhadra) How come the Omniscient, seventh Vishnu avatar had recourse to the disgusting trick of the pretension of complete ignorance of all this in the humble Vali’s case?
And then, there’s the story of Brahma and his daughter Saraswati. ( Brahma Vaivarta Purana, Krishna Janma Khanda 35.8–20; Epic Incest Between Brahma & Saraswati )
And further, there’s the story of Manu and Shatarupa : ‘ He, the Viraj called Manu, was united with her, his daughter called Satarupa, whom he conceived of as his wife. From that union men were born. ‘ ( Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (1.4.3) with Shankara Bhashya translated by Swami Madhavananda )
The next verse ( Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 1.4.4 ) says : In order to prevent her genitor from raping her, Shatarupa tried to hide herself by assuming the form of a ‘ cow ‘ ; but then Manu turned himself into a ‘ bull ‘ and raped her, and thus cows and bulls were created. When Shatarupa became a ‘ mare ‘, her father became a ‘ stallion ‘ and mounted her, and thus all the horses were born. This is how, according to the Vedas, all animals (except the extinct ones) evolved on the earth.* ( Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (1.4.4) with Shankara Bhashya translated by Swami Madhavananda )
[ * The Brahmajnani sages that wrote the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad did Not know that plants & trees have life and evolved before the evolution of animals. They did Not know either that dinosaurs, mammoths, etc. appeared long before humans and other animals that they claim to have been created by Brahma by raping his own daughter. ]
Nevertheless, the point the Sensible ought Not to miss in this regard is why then Lord Rama needed to strike a deal with Sugriva and promised to kill Vali as he was certain that Vali committed a heinous sin that was ‘ punishable by death ‘ and had resolved to eliminate Vali and thus enforce the Ikshvaku dynasty’s rule all over the earth. Is it because if Sugriva did Not promise to provide him with the desired help, he would turn a blind eye to Vali’s sin as he chose to pretend complete ignorance of exactly similar sin committed by Sugriva (Sugriva too was guilty of incest as he had sex with his sister-in-law Tara, Vali’s wife) after Sugriva had promised to help him ? So you see the hypocrisy of Lord Vishnu’s avatar knows No bounds Really.
The indictment against Vali is a most Ridiculous pretext engineered by a most unsmart brain. The Sensible should Not fail to take cognisance of the Silly fact that Valmiki’s Rama wants to apply human’s standard of morality to a beast. Was he in his Right mind Really? Was he unaware Really that Vali was Not a human being? Just a little while later, the Vishnu avatar uttered these words : ‘ … you are but a monkey. ‘ ( The Ramayana of Valmiki by Hari Prasad Shastri; Book 4 — Kishkindha-kanda , chapter 18 ) So, it’s a Fact that Lord Rama did Not forget that Vali was a beast.
So, the Truth of the matter is Lord Rama wanted to enforce human moral laws on the beasts. Yes, this is the Truth, bizarre and most Ridiculous though it sounds. The seventh avatar of Lord Vishnu, the All-Powerful Lord of the Universe, was Really so disgustingly Silly. He undoubtedly failed lamentably and thus proved that he was an outright fake Vishnu avatar. The beasts are, as they were always before, promiscuous on the whole till today.
But what was his rationale behind his hiding himself behind trees and then stealthily hitting Unarmed Vali from behind ? Here’s how the Vishnu avatar defended his ignominious act.
3. ‘ Snares, nets and traps of every kind, either open or concealed, are used to catch innumerable wild beasts, whether they be fleeing in terror, or, unafraid, are standing still. Whether these beasts are maddened with fear or no, they who feed on flesh run them through without pity while their back is turned; it does not seem to me that they are at fault. In this world, even royal Rishis, versed in their duty, indulge in the chase. This is why, with a single arrow, I struck you down while engaged in combat with your brother, O Monkey. What boots it, whether you didst enter into combat with me or no, since you are but a monkey. ‘ ( ibid , chapter 18 )
So, Lord Rama said he found Nothing wrong with the way predator beasts and hunters including ‘ royal Rishis ‘ chased their prey and struck them from behind, and so, since Vali was ‘ but a monkey ‘, he did Nothing wrong by striking the beast from behind. Obviously, Lord Rama pretended unawareness of the fact that he was an avatar of the Lord of the Universe. Hunting a beast is Not a heroic act, and what becomes humble humans canNot become the All-Powerful Supreme Being, as I see it.
Did he Really forget that he was the seventh Vishnu avatar? Just a few moments later, Lord Rama uttered these words : ‘ One should never reproach them, nor address them disrespectfully, nor disregard them; they are Gods who, assuming human form, dwell on earth! ‘ ( ibid , chapter 18 )
The idiot Rambhakts would argue that since the God’s avatar was in the human form, it was Not in the least unbecoming of him to behave like humble humans. A fine sophistry ! Well ! But then, Rama, the Lord in the human form, was outright Wrong to demand the respect that the God deserves, the way I see it.