You may have read a comparison between two epic stories Ramayana and Mahabharata and have learned a lesson through it. In this, you will see the comparison between Epic and Indian Folk tales. Ramayana is an idealistic Story and Three Magical Pumpkins is less idealistic and more realistic.
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Things that are different between the Three Magical Pumpkins and Ramayana
- Fight/Greed/Jealousy :
- Ramayana: The war between two great families (Rama - Ikshvaku, and Ravana - Vishrava Dynasty) has occurred for a woman Sita
- Three Magical Pumpkins: It is a story of greed and envy on one side. How things change after the marriage of both brothers. Here the younger brother is fighting with his poverty. Big brother fighting to take away everything from his younger brother. And when the fate of the younger brother changes, the elder fights to become rich like him.
- Betrayal: ( betrayal)
- Ramayana: One brother from Visharva Clan has to join hands with the enemy to help them. His name is “Vibishana”
- Three Magical Pumpkins: Elder brother Nanda and his Wife
- Help: (Incarnation help)
- Ramayana: Without the help from Hanuman (who is the 11th incarnation of Lord Shiva), Rama could not have won the War!
- Three Magical Pumpkins: Without the help of Sparrow Yuva would not have become rich and cant be able to thought lessons to his brother.
- Snatching: (brother snatched property)
- Ramayana: Ravana, who is the half-brother of Kubera, has snatched his beautiful Lanka, which Kubera has built for himself with the help from Viswakarma.
- Three Magical Pumpkins: Nanda, Elder brother of Yuva - has thrown out his younger brother. Being an Elder he becomes the owner of the house on which both actually possess.
- Villains:
- Ramayana: Ravana is not bad, he is a great scholar, music lover, strategist, loyal to his wife, his people, and reader of all Vedas. Wanted to live and die like a King. Never got scared of his enemy
- Three Magical Pumpkins: Nanda is also not bad, loyal to his wife, listens to his wife Wanted to live a rich life.
- Conclusion:
- Ramayana: The victory of good over evil.
- Three Magical Pumpkins: The victory of good over evil.
The major difference between both is
A. Ramayana: It's a book of Morals, Principals, discipline, values, renunciation, All 4 brothers have a very deep relationship with each other. Being elder Brother Rama treats equally all younger brothers. He accepted 14 years of exile so that Bharat can become king. In this, all four brothers have sacrificed their lives. After Rama went to the forest Laxmana went along with Rama, Bharat went to Nandigram for Tapasya and Shatrughan too lived his life very simple by sacrificing palace, chariot, royal robes, etc
B. Three Magical Pumpkins: It's a Story of Immoral, indiscipline, laziness, jealousy, greed, hard-working. Here only younger brother Yuva has sacrificed, He left home with his wife without any complaint at the behest of his elder brother.
The Ramayana portrays ideal characters like Ideal son, Ideal brother, Ideal wife, Ideal husband, Ideal follower, ideal villain overall ideal family. Maybe when we reinforce moral values among family members and the society was not even more corrupt. The family bond, the love between the brothers was strong, especially in Aryavarta. Family disputes for the sake of property are much less. Females didn't have much political freedom. Even after there was strong bondage between all brothers.
Whereas the beauty of Three Magical Pumpkin is that its younger brother was ideal, hardworking. Elder Brother and his wife's character depicted is grey. Three magical Pumpkin depicts about practical Nature of human beings. Women had a role in politics. Three Magical Pumpkins clearly depicted male and female psychology practically. Here, as the law of time family, bondage is less and brothers fight for the property but from elder brother side only it shows how people often changes after their marriage.
Ramayana was a conflict between two different ethnic groups whereas Three magical Pumpkin was a conflict within the family.
Ramayana deals with external enemies while Three magical Pumpkin deals with internal enemies.
In Ramayana, all four brothers were willing to give up everything for each other. There was no competition between brothers like those who have more property, who is richer. Whereas in Three Magical Pumpkins there was jealousy, hatred, greediness from the elder brother's side. The younger brother and his wife were good there was no hatred feeling were there. Whatever is received is accepted without being compliant.
Finally, Ramayana is a life story and adventures of a single person whereas Three Magical Pumpkins has different stories.
It's really difficult to differentiate between both. RAMAYANA and THREE MAGICAL PUMPKINS are two different stories through which we get lessons for life.
But one thing that makes a difference is that in the Ramayana, Prabhu Ram is the character we wish for. He is a person with all good qualities and he is the best son, husband, king, friend. But we can not be like him in this era. RAMAYANA shows us what is good and what is bad with its absolute values. It helps to understand white and black.
But Three Magical Pumpkins shows us that life is not about white and black. it shows us that there is also grey.
Younger brother Yuva shows that you have to accept life as it is and keeps working harder in order to achieve the greater good.
So in the end, Ramayana shows us that hoe high can DHARMA and humans can go and shows the ultimate upside of humans. (brother chooses brotherhood overpower)and Three Magical Pumpkins shows us the downside of humanity.
Ramayan shows the ideal of life and Three magical Pumpkins shows the importance of being practical. Ramayana Shows advantages to a family if brothers stand united against the lure of power, Three Magical Pumpkins shows destruction if brothers chose to be jealous for power, money
Ramayana is like an old masala film, where the hero does not change. Ram was the best man on earth and still is. That is the reason for calling him Maryada-Purushottam.
On the other hand, Three magical Pumpkins has better character development, story arch. The same Nanda who is Greedy, Jealous, lazy he wants everything without doing any hard work. The downfall of the Hero. But younger Brother Yuva still stays on the path of truth, hardworking, no jealousy-greed, and in the end, becomes the Heroes.
Ramayana teaches you that you should be willing to sacrifice your happiness for sake of others. Three Magical Pumpkins teaches you that you should be willing to sacrifice your ego, Greed, and Jealousy for the sake of others. In short "Love is natural, nothing can be acquired by force and greed".
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