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| Sundeep Sarangi Literatarot VIIII - Eremita/Hermit Ramacharitamanas
Am architect by profession, Sundeep picked up an interest
in Tarot during Dec-2006, and by mid 2007 had amassed a collection of 50 Decks
and around 35 books on the interesting subject of tarot. He is mostly self
taught in the subject of tarot and finds the archetype and imageries in the
tarot cards quite intriguing. Most often it is the imageries in the artwork of
the tarot that kicks off his intuition regarding making an interpretation of a
tarot reading.
Description:
Śrī Rāmacaritamānas is an epic poem composed by the 16th-century Indian poet,
Goswami Tulsidas (c. 1532–1623) (also transliterated as Tulasidasa). An English
translation of Rāmacaritamānasa is "The Ocean of the Deeds of Rama". It is
considered one of the greatest works of Hindi literature.
Ramcharitmansa is composed in seven chapters or kaandas.
Ayodhyakanda is the second chapter of Ramacharitamanas and begins with the
preparations for Rama's coronation in Ayodhya. Events described in this chapter
are the exile of Rama, Dasharatha's death, Rama's encounter with Nishaada and
the Kevata (boatman), the return of Bharata to Ayodhya and his anger at his
mother's scheming, the meeting of Bharata and Rama in the forest and the
installation of Rama's padukas (sandals) on the throne of Ayodhya with Bharata
as regent.
This version of card The Hermit shows Rama in his exile
that also led him to achieve the great deeds that culminates in his eternal
glorification. The Hermit tells us that we need to take the path of wisdom,
sometimes bereft of materialistic pleasures, a period where we go through
hardships and solitude, but emerge out as a winner who gains self respect in the
end.
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