Ambedkar points out the story of Shambuka while criticizing the varna system. In his seminal work Annihilation of Caste, B. The celebrated Kannada poet Kuvempu, in his play Shudra Tapasvi shows Rama as having to both carry out his duty by punishing Shambuka, and simultaneously protect Shambuka, as a pious and devout sage, from persecution, and thereby turns the story into a critique of Brahminical attitudes and a defense of Rama. Shambuka therefore deliberately violated dharma in order to get Rama's attention, and attained salvation when he was beheaded. The Pushtimarg Vaishnavite tradition points out that the Ramayana refers to other shudras, such as Shabari, who lived in the forest. Reception Īuthors such as Rabindranath Tagore, Mahatma Gandhi treat the character of Shambukha as an interpolation and creation of a later period. The gods praised Rama for this act and congratulated him for protecting their interests and for not allowing shudra to attain heaven in person. After confirming that Shambuka is indeed a shudra, Rama killed him. So Rama went in search of the shudra and found the place where Shambuka was performing penance. Narada informed him that a shudra was performing tapas, which was prohibited in the age of Treta. The sage Narada told him that this has happened due to a violation of a rule of tapas (austerities). Rama immediately called a meeting with all his ministers and enquired about the cause of this. Story Īccording to this story, when Rama was ruling Ayodhya, a Brahmin approached the court and told everyone that his young son has died due to the misrule of Rama. This story was created at a later period.
According to the story, Shambuka, a shudra ascetic, was killed by Rama for attempting to perform tapas in violation of dharma, resulting in the bad karma which caused the death of a Brahmin's son. Shambuka ( Sanskrit: शम्बूक, IAST: śambūka) is an interpolated character, which is not found in the original Valmiki Ramayana but in the later addition called " Uttara Kanda". Valmiki Ramayan I Gita Press Gorakhpur by MahaMuni महामुनि का संग्रह"
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