The golden deer Marica had dark intelligence. He tried to communicate to his nephew Ravana, to stop his nefarious activity of kidnapping Sita, though Ravana stood undeterred. Marica was given two choices by Ravana, to get killed, either in the hands of Rama or by Ravana himself.
After some contemplation, Marica decided to execute the order of Ravana, to help him kidnap Sita. He knew he would be delivered from worldly existence if he got killed in the hands of Rama.
When one becomes self conscious, one cannot neglect to also consider its consequences in the present worldly situation. Marica was selfish, spiritually…. but at the cost of causing so much inconvenience to the very person from whom he was expecting freedom from worldliness.
Leadership is also is like Marica's predicament. A leader has great scope of climbing the ladder of success n promotion, but it's at the cost of stopting the growth of so many other individuals, who are the very people who caused the leader's growth in the first place, and that very growth can eventually put them in trouble. Do we want this kind of growth, and is it really a growth? It is short lived materially, what to speak of morally.
Ultimately, Marica's name goes down in history, the history of infamy, for having a miscalculated intelligence, not for being delivered from a demon body.
Jatayu, on other hand, was an ugly bird externally, but he was master strategic.
On an intellectual level, he made the best use of a bad bargain, his old and useless body destined to die, by giving a fight to Ravana, till death, for a cause which would be fondly remembered forever.
On a practical level, he became Rama's detective, and helped create strategy against Ravana to rescue mother Sita, causing much help to Rama.
On a social level, he became famous, for setting the right example.
On a spiritual level, he was awarded eternal liberation.
Thus, Jatayu chose Temporary Inconvenience for Permanent Convenience, both, to himself and to those who derive meaningful lessons from Ramayana.
Marica's life is temporary benefit centered. Jatayu's life is wholesome benefit centered.
There are no ‘Isolated Profits'. They are either integrated, or else we must pay a high interest rate for taking the wrong step.
Look for the right profit and invest!
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