Ramayana: The Psychological Analysis of the Hindu Epic

The Ramayana is one of the oldest Hindu Epic which was first told in Sanskrit by Sage Valmiki. Ramayana has been compromised with 24,000 verses in seven cantos. The story of Ramayana highly influences Nepalese and Indian culture. The Ramayana express the emotion and perception of general population. Ramayana exhibit various psychological factors like emotion, perception, thinking, feeling, intelligence, personality, problem solving skills, attitude, interest, motivation, stress, depression, etc. In today’s world people are suffering from various conflicts and problems. The Ramayana can be used in many situations where patients or clients have conflicts that require psychological interventions. The Ramayana address that people who are unable to live with their true-self will lack well-being and they suffer mentally and physically. According to Ramayana, negative minded people’s company completely change the way we think and look at any situation. Ramayana also explains that life can be overcome by fate and believe. Similarly, the bad actions can only result in worse result. Ramayana deals with various aspects of human life like: love, brotherhood, loyalty, obedience to parents, self-sacrifice, ideal womanhood, etc. Ramayana teaches us one valuable lesion that not only human but even God is not free from suffering when he incarnates upon earth.