Rama Gives Us Permission to Grieve
Even heroes must make room for grief
Jul 31, 2026 · 37 min · 10 segments
Episode 1213: Pampa | The Heart of the Avatar *Jai Shri Ram!* In this emotionally resonant episode of **The Dharma Vani Podcast**, we walk alongside Shri Rama and Lakshmana into the serene yet…
Pradeep RajpalHostRāma has just met Śrī Avivāda.
After he meets Seva the Mata, she gives up her body.
I feel like a weight has been lifted off of my shoulder, and I feel like...
I am so motivated to go on.
Come on, hurry up.
Let's go.
Let's go.
And as he walked in, he's telling Lakshman, he says, behold Lakshman, behold the sun is coming up, the woodland surrounding the mountain.
to the sight, the trees looking so, as though crested with yet towering boughs spread their charm like mountains.
Now these are the words of Bahamiki, right? So we're going to try to stay as close as we can to Bahamiki's characters.
But as he's walking and as he's looking, Something happens.
He's looking at the trees.
He's looking at the beauty.
And as he's thinking about Sita Beauty, that motivation that he has, that calm that he has attained, starts to shatter.
And he tells that shatter.
He says, hold on, shatter.
Agonies of various kinds for their part are undoubtedly afflicted.
I'm trying to look at all of this and I'm starting to feel this pain inside of me.
So stricken as I am already with grief caused by Bharat's sad life.
Remember Bharat had come to him wanting him to go back.
They had this long conversation and he had to send Bharat back with his father.
Rāma has just met Śrī Avivāda.
After he meets Seva the Mata, she gives up her body.
I feel like a weight has been lifted off of my shoulder, and I feel like...
I am so motivated to go on.
Come on, hurry up.
Let's go.
Let's go.
And as he walked in, he's telling Lakshman, he says, behold Lakshman, behold the sun is coming up, the woodland surrounding the mountain.
to the sight, the trees looking so, as though crested with yet towering boughs spread their charm like mountains.
Now these are the words of Bahamiki, right? So we're going to try to stay as close as we can to Bahamiki's characters.
But as he's walking and as he's looking, Something happens.
He's looking at the trees.
He's looking at the beauty.
And as he's thinking about Sita Beauty, that motivation that he has, that calm that he has attained, starts to shatter.
And he tells that shatter.
He says, hold on, shatter.
Agonies of various kinds for their part are undoubtedly afflicted.
I'm trying to look at all of this and I'm starting to feel this pain inside of me.
So stricken as I am already with grief caused by Bharat's sad life.
Remember Bharat had come to him wanting him to go back.
They had this long conversation and he had to send Bharat back with his father.
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Rama Gives Us Permission to Grieve
Even heroes must make room for grief
When Grief Makes Life Feel Impossible
Grief can make life feel impossible sometimes
The Ramayana Has Many Versions
The epic has more endings than expected
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