HAREKRISHNA.Plz clarify my doubt.Ramchandra was the incarnation of lord shri Krishna. then why he worshiped siva n durga before going to battle. he can defeat ravan by his own power. why he worshiped siva n durga. plz clarify the doubt.
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Hare Krishna. This is because Ramachandra is Maryada Purushottam. He wanted to establish certain principles for the next yugas and by worshipping Lord Shiva, he proved that Lord Shiva is the most supreme devotee among all the devotees and deriding him could be the severest of vaisnava aparadha.
Similarly when Narada muni visited Lord Krishna, at Dwaraka, he found that Krishna is staying individually with 16000 wives. And Krishna performing an ordinary house holders duty such as doing puja etc. You may ask what is the need of Krishna to do it when he is the supreme. It is because Krishna wanted ordinary people like us to respect demigods.
SB 8.14.8— In every yuga, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, assumes the form of Siddhas such as Sanaka to preach transcendental knowledge, He assumes the form of great saintly persons such as Yājñavalkya to teach the way of karma, and He assumes the form of great yogīs such as Dattātreya to teach the system of mystic yoga.
SB 8.14.9— In the form of Prajāpati Marīci, the Supreme Personality of Godhead creates progeny; becoming the king, He kills the thieves and rogues; and in the form of time, He annihilates everything. All the different qualities of material existence should be understood to be qualities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
SB 8.14.10—People in general are bewildered by the illusory energy, and therefore they try to find the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, through various types of research and philosophical speculation. Nonetheless, they are unable to see the Supreme Lord.
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Hare Krishna. This is because Ramachandra is Maryada Purushottam. He wanted to establish certain principles for the next yugas and by worshipping Lord Shiva, he proved that Lord Shiva is the most supreme devotee among all the devotees and deriding him could be the severest of vaisnava aparadha.
Similarly when Narada muni visited Lord Krishna, at Dwaraka, he found that Krishna is staying individually with 16000 wives. And Krishna performing an ordinary house holders duty such as doing puja etc. You may ask what is the need of Krishna to do it when he is the supreme. It is because Krishna wanted ordinary people like us to respect demigods.
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