Sri Suktam Explained - Part 3

Sri Suktam Explained - Part 3

Sometimes, I am surprised how far our intellectual levels have fallen. When we adopted Western culture, we became primitives again. Now we are reinventing equality for women. Now we are legislating gender equality.

We belong to a culture that says:
'Oh, Ramayana—Sita’s story.'
And now, we have fallen into a pit, fighting for gender equality.

A mere understanding of the meaning of two words from one of the two lines of a single shloka of the Ramayana—which contains 24,000 shlokas—is enough to establish gender equality. Gender equality within the minds of men.

You won’t need new laws anymore.
You won’t need morchas anymore.
You won’t need Supreme Court full-bench rulings anymore.

These two words are enough to establish or re-establish gender equality as it stands now. See where we were and where we are now.

A Misguided View of Women’s Strength

Look at every woman as your own mother. Look at every woman as your own sister. See how weak these concepts are. You are talking about the power of thousands of nuclear missiles inside every woman, and yet you want to 'empower' them. What empowerment? What more power can you give? Who has the power to give?

We should stop naming our missiles Agni, Prithvi, Dhanush. Instead, we should name them Kaali, Bhairavi, Taara, Durga, Trijata, Kala Ratri.

Just understand that feminine power was merely taking rest for some time, sleeping after killing Mahishasura, Chanda, Munda, Darika, and all the other evil forces. Taking rest for some time.

Don’t go to her with soothsaying like, 'We will empower you. Don’t worry. We will pass laws to protect you. Men should not stare at you. Men should not come within one meter of you.'

My goodness, isn’t this too much? You are talking about feminine power, which alone runs the universe moment to moment, which rides tigers and lions, which pierces the hearts of evil demons mercilessly.

And that power doesn’t sit in photo frames riding lions and tigers. That power is inside every single woman on the face of this earth. That power is every single woman on the face of this earth.

And you are showing pity on them as if they are weaklings. Isn’t this too much?

Evidence of Feminine Leadership

We have had a lady Prime Minister.
We have had a lady President, Vice President.
We have had a lady Speaker of Parliament.
We have had lady Chief Ministers of states.
We have had ladies heading political parties.
We have had ladies leading huge corporations and banks.

Today, we have a lady as our Defence Minister. It’s a very diplomatic term—Defence Ministry. The ministry should actually be called the Power Ministry. That is where the power of the whole nation resides—its military power.

And today, we have a lady sitting at the helm of that ministry. What more proof do you want that she has woken up after a good rest and is back in action?

I am not talking about politics—about which party, how, or why. These things are immaterial. We have a lady running our most powerful ministry. This didn’t come out of any legislation. It was bound to happen. It is absolutely natural.

The Source of All Power

When the entire power is with the feminine aspect of the universe, what can men give? What can men give that they don’t already have? And what can men take away?

शिवोऽपि शवतां याति, शक्तेरयोगात्
Shiva is just a dead body when this Shakti is not there.

We celebrate: 'A woman climbed Everest. A woman went to space. A woman flew a fighter jet.'

My goodness. Living in the middle of a goldmine and begging for livelihood. See how much we have fallen by mimicking Western culture. 'There is this law in this country, so let us also have one.'

Even if one person understands this truth, that is good enough.

Knowledge Bank

What does suta stand for?

Suta is the name of a mixed-varna caste in which the mother is a Brahmin and the father is a Kshatriya. Due to a defect at the Suti (सूतिः) where soma juice is extracted during king Prithu's yajna, varna-sankara resulted. Charioteers are also called Sutas.

Is Lomaharshana the same as Romaharshana?

Yes. Romaharshana / Lomaharshana was a disciple of Sage Vyasa. He was Suta, a narrator of the Puranas.