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The Ramayana and the Mahabharata are two of the India’s great epic poems. These poems were created in a time before Christ by unknown authors. Both stories at first were written in Sanskrit, but eventually the stories were translated into English for the western world. It has been known that many poets have added to the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, for instance there is documentation that says the Ramayana has reached up to twenty four thousand couplets. The purpose of Mahabharata and the Ramayana poems was to pass on Hindu stories for generations to come in India, and to serve as a reminder of the characteristics of the Hindu faith. These stories were filled of Hindu beliefs, practices and examples of the ideal human being on earth. The teachings and morals of these stories have been successful by withstanding the passage of time. In many ways the two poems are similar, both stories have a case in point where there is good against evil (Rama vs. Ravan and Panadavas v.s Kauravas). The two poems leading women are considered beautiful role models for the Indian people, and in each epic there is a part in which the righteous people are banished from their comfortable lives only to wander in the woods over a century. During each story, the heroes are always faced with difficult circumstances to overcome, such as when Rama decides to follow his father’s instruction and stay in the woods for fourteen years, simply because king Dasharatha vowed to give Rama’s step mother any two wishes she desired.
Approximate Word count = 910
Approximate Pages = 3.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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