Why Lord Ram chose Sugriv over Bali

           Why Lord Ram chose Sugriv over Bali

This is one of the most confusing question in Ramayan. Bali was given a boon by the creator of the universe, Brahma that he would get half of his opponent’s strength while fighting. Still Lord Ram chose his younger brother as his ally. Why? We will understand that more in detail.

First of all we first need to know who were Bali and Sugriv. Bali was the son of Lord Indra and Sugriv was the son of Lord Surya. They ruled Vanar kingdom named Kishkindh. Both the brothers had immense love and respect for each other.

Once a demon who thought himself to be the most powerful came to know of Bali’s boon. The demon knew that he had to defeat Bali to prove his superiority. So the demon challenged Bali and he immediately accepted. During the fight the demon ran into a cave. Bali followed and ordered Sugriv to guard the entrance so the demon cannot escape and attack their kingdom. Sugriv followed his order. Their fight went on for 1 year and Sugriv waited patiently for his brother to return. But one day Sugriv heard a loud scream and noticed streams of blood coming out. He thought his brother died while fighting with the demon. With a heavy heart he closed the cave’s entrance with a large rock so the demon cannot escape. Sugriv returned to his kingdom and filled his ministers with the details. They advised Sugriv to become the king.

But Bali was alive the whole time and it was demon’s blood that Sugriv saw. After killing the demon when Bali returned to the entrance he was furious to see the entrance blocked. He thought his brother deliberately tried to trap him. He somehow managed to break the rock and returned to his kingdom. He immediately threw Sugriv out of the kingdom and married his wife Tara forcefully. He committed the biggest sin of his life.

Both Sugriv and Bali were equal devotees of Lord Ram and offered help to find Sita.  When Ram heard about the incident he vowed to kill Bali. Sugriv challenged Bali to a duel and Ram killed him from behind.

Now the learning begins:-

Bali with joined hands asks - मैं बैरी सुग्रीव पिआरा. अवगुन कवन नाथ मोहि मारा l

Bali asks him that why did he choose Sugriv over him and what sin did he commit that Lord had to kill him.

Ram says - अनुज बधू भगिनी सुत नारी. सुनु सठ कन्या सम ए चारी.

 इन्हहि कुदृष्टि बिलोकइ जोई. ताहि बधें कछु पाप न होई.

Younger brother’s wife, sister, daughter and daughter-in-law all are same. There is no harm in killing anyone who sees them with bad eyes. You committed the biggest sin of your life by forcefully marrying your younger brother’s wife.

Learning:     

Now you may ask what is the moral. The moral is always take the side of dharma even when the side of adharma is very easy. If Lord Rama had taken Bali’s side there would have been absolutely no war. Bali had already defeated Ravan and roamed by tying him with his tail for 6 months. Still Ram supported Sugriv who was in the side of dharma and a lot weaker when compared to Bali. We will definitely be in this situation atleast once in our life. That time we should not take the easy way but follow the path of Dharma.

Atleast once in our lifetime we will have to choose between Narayani Sena and Lord Krishna. Wait for the next blog to learn more.

Till then Jai Shri Ram. Have a great day!

Taksh Singhal


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