The Spiritual Import of the Mahabharata and the Bhagavadgita -1.8. Swami Krishnananda
======================================================================= -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17/11/2019 Chapter 1: The Plight of the Pandavas :- 8. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Goodness does not always succeed in the earlier stages. Truth triumphs not always. In the Ramayana, Ravana appears at times to be more glorious than Rama. Valmiki describes eloquently the significance of Ravana, and many a time one could almost imagine that Ravana was Valmiki’s favourite. It looks as if Valmiki was writing from the side of Ravana. The idea behind it is that the glory of the world sometimes can obliterate the sprinkling of the fire of the spirit inside in the early stages of sadhana. It is not true that the Absolute will manifest itself in us at once, though the little spark in us is a spark