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Shri Ram !
Shri Ram was a Baladev.
He too possessed extraordinary Punya (Merit). He too had to enjoy pleasures on account of the efficacy of his merit; but his pleasures differed in respect of their extent and kind compared to those of Lakshmạn. The way in which he enjoyed pleasures was unique. Baladev undoubtedly enjoys pleasures and delights but he enjoys them in such a way that he does not commit any sin in the process and in such a way that those pleasures and delights do not bring him sinful karmas.
Shri Ram had four queens by name Sita, Prabhavati, Ratinibha and Shridhama.
Shri Ram loved Sita more than his life but he loved his other queens also greatly but the other queens of Shri Ram were jealous of the extraordinary love that Shri Ram had for Sita. They were jealous of Sita because Shri Ram loved her greatly. This is a speciality of the samsar. Jealousy is a green-eyed monster whose clutches no one can escape. NOTE: According to the Trishashtishalaka Purush Charitra
(Parva 7, Sarga 8 of Hemachandrasoori, Shri Ram had four wives.
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