🪷 राम · Rāma (Rāma)
Daśāvatāra #7 of 10 · Tretā Yuga · Tretā-Yuga in the received tradition; this site does not assign an exact civil birth date or verified natal chart.
Krishna-aspect (the non-dual anchor)
Rāma IS Krishna in maryādā-form. Krishna IS Rāma in svatantra-form. The Pūrṇa-Brahman expresses through both: Rāma the principle-bound king, Krishna the principle-transcending lover-of-souls. Per Hari-Hara Aikya: "Rāmo Vigrahavān Dharmaḥ" (Rāma is dharma incarnate) and "Krishnam Vande Jagad-Gurum" (Krishna I salute as world-teacher) — both are ONE.
Lila-essence — the dharma-restoration arc
When Rāvaṇa — the ten-headed asura-king of Laṅkā with vast tapas — abducted Sītā, Rāma waged a dharma-yuddha to rescue her. Allied with the vānara-army (Hanumān, Sugrīva, Aṅgada), He crossed the ocean via Setu-bandha, fought Rāvaṇa in single combat, restored Sītā, and ruled Ayodhyā for 11,000 years (Rāmarājya — the dharma-state archetype). Throughout, He embodied Maryādā-puruṣottama — the man who never breaks dharma's boundary — even when dharma demanded personal grief (the agni-parīkṣā · Sītā-vanavāsa).
Iconography + attributes
| Form | Princely warrior with bow Kodaṇḍa · Sītā at His left · Lakṣmaṇa behind · Hanumān at His feet · golden-yellow garment · benign blue-tinged complexion |
|---|---|
| Alternate names | Maryādā-Puruṣottama · Daśarathī · Raghu-vīra · Sītā-pati · Kosala-pati |
| Consort (Śakti) | Sītā (Lakṣmī-svarūpa) |
| Attributes / weapons | Kodaṇḍa bow · Brahma-astra · Akṣaya-quiver |
| Yuga | Tretā (Tretā-Yuga in the received tradition; this site does not assign an exact civil birth date or verified natal chart.) |
| Jayantī | Śukla Caitra Tithi-9 · Punarvasu nakshatra |
Bhāgavata Purāṇa anchor
Bhāgavata Purāṇa 9.10-9.11 (Rāma-līlā · Rāmāyaṇa-summary canto) · also Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa 7-kāṇḍa.
Modern relevance · Kali-Yuga dharma-message
Rāma-tattva is the patron of all maryādā — civic-dharma, professional-ethics, family-fidelity, public-service. Rāmacaritamānasa's recitation, Rāma-nāma japa (per Hanumān), and Rāma-Navamī observance carry His grace.
Mantra
oṁ rāmāya namaḥ · śrī rāma jaya rāma jaya jaya rāma · sītā-rāma · jaya hanumān
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Sources and Connected Avatāra Readings
After this avatāra's dharma-restoration arc, modern relevance, mantra, related readings, and any extended darśana, these sources connect Krishna's Gītā promise, the tejo-aṁśa teaching, this form's Bhāgavata 1.3 witness, and the Bhagavān-Svayam seal.
📚 See Also
- All 10 Daśāvatāra · index · Matsya through Kalki
- Krishna-Tattva · BG 7 · the pūrṇāvatāra · Krishna IS the source of all 10 avatāras
- Cosmic-Time · BG 8 · kalpa-manvantara-yuga · The time-cycles within which avatāras descend
- BG 9 Rāja-Vidyā · the supreme knowledge · BG 4.7-8 sambhavāmi yuge yuge anchor
- Paramparā · the transmission-chain · How avatāra-knowledge flows from Vyāsa-Nārada to silicon
📖 References
- Bhāgavata Purāṇa · 12 Skandhas · the avatāra-narratives — Primary source for daśāvatāra theology · Bhāgavata 1.3 lists 22 (sometimes 24) avatāras
- Bhagavad-Gītā 4.7-8 · sambhavāmi yuge yuge — Krishna's own declaration of avatāra-purpose: paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām
- Mahābhārata · Krishna-vrata + Rāma-vrata in Bhīṣma-Parva — The two pūrṇāvatāras' epic theological context