Dear friends,
It is a well-known fact that Lord Ram won the battle against the mighty Ravan; against all odds and against all troubles. But there are a few questions which arose in my mind when I tried to analyse this fact:
- Why Ravan (The world conqueror) mightiest of all the kings, having experience of several years of warfare lost against a bunch of monkeys (can you expect them to be disciplined?) lead by a young, inexperienced prince
- Why all his warriors including Indrajit, Kumbhkaran, Ahiravan, etc did not attacked together?
- In spite of knowing that Vibhishan is giving away all the secrets to Ram, why he was not targeted frequently during the battle
The answers lie in their management styles:
- As we all know that Ravan was very strict; he always led his team in coercive manner; while Lord Ram was considered as very benevolent, he always led his side with compassion
- Ravan’s side was not passionate about the war, as they never imagined that they can lose the war against untrained and unprofessional “monkeys”; while Ram’s side was very passionate about the war since they had nothing to lose and everything to gain
- Ravan’s forces knew no boundaries, as he had won all the three worlds, and hence he was never bothered to survey his sides’ weaknesses; Ram knew about his sides strengths and weaknesses, he utilized them to the maximum
- Ram’s army had a vision i.e “The Ramrajya”; While Ravan’s army was already experiencing his lordship, and hence they lacked such a motivation
- Ram’s army fought each and every moment with all their might, while Ravan considered it more of a play, hence he underestimated the enemy and sent his warriors one by one
- Ravan and his people somewhere knew that they were fighting for a wrong cause; While Ram’s war was all about the honor, humanity and dharma
In the light of above points we can easily understand that resources, training and power are useless if your team lacks motivation and sincerity, and hence Ram’s forces which consisted monkeys, bears etc. defeated the mighty forces of Ravan.
Let’s make a committment to fight each and every war of our life for right cause and in right way, so that even we can also create a examples for the generations to come.
