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Vali, the Valiant
been defeated.
But Vali had undertaken the Deeksha after he had achieved a tremendous victory over him. Both had become munis on the battle-field !
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Both had become munis during their encounter with Ravan. If one carefully scrutinised Vali's past life with intellectual incisiveness one would discover that Vali's internal thoughts and contemplations were sublime and one would also discover the source from which this unexpected determination of his sprang.
Even from his childhood Vali had been a great devotee of Lord Jin. In fact, he had been a dedicated devotee of Lord Jin through countless Janmas. Through many Janmas he had been imbued with a spirit of renunciation and this was the reason for his determination to renounce worldly life.
Even the victory that a spiritually inclined man attains impels him to renounce the Samsar because the incisive intellect of a spiritually inclined man visualises the nature of defeat and disgrace even in the worldly prosperity and victory he attains. Such a man could not give any importance to victories, materialistic prosperity and happiness. They are all transitory in his eyes. A worldly victory can never be final nor can it ever be final because a victory in the Samsar is likely to be followed by a defeat. On the stage of life, all sorts of things are possible and everything in the Samsar is changeable and mutable.
A defeat is likely to be followed by a victory. A victory may be followed by a defeat.
In Vali's view, the magnificent victory he had achieved over Ravan was not lasting. It was transitory and changeable. Not only this; he could realise that behind such glorious victories there lay countless sorrows, untold agonies and indescribable tragedies. He realised that both defeat and victory were meaningless, mutable and transistory; so he decided to discard his attachment for the Samsar. In the pure fires of his spirit of renunciation, all the worldly desires and ambitions and aspirations were burnt to ashes.
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