Stories for when you feel Relationship Problems

When mocked for his devotion, Hanuman tore open his chest to reveal Rama and Sita glowing within, showing true devotion means the Lord resides in the heart.

Lakshmana stayed awake 14 years guarding Rama and Sita. His devotion was so complete that Lakshmana Rekha became synonymous with sacred boundaries.

Brothers became enemies through misunderstanding. Ego and lack of communication destroy relationships.

Princess Rukmini writes a secret letter to Krishna asking him to rescue her from a forced marriage to Shishupala. Krishna arrives and abducts her in dramatic fashion, fulfilling her devotion.

This philosophical retelling introduces Maya Sita - a shadow who was abducted while the real Sita was hidden. Ravana never actually captured the true Sita. The entire epic is framed through Advaita Vedanta, presenting Rama as Brahman in human form.

When Parashuramas mother Renuka momentarily entertains impure thoughts, her husband Jamadagni orders his sons to behead her. While elder brothers refuse, Parashurama obeys without hesitation, impressing his father who grants him a boon - he requests and receives his mothers restoration to life.

Viduras wife Vidurani became famous when Krishna visited Hastinapura and chose to stay at their humble home rather than Duryodhanas palace. Overwhelmed by devotion, Vidurani mistakenly offered Krishna banana peels instead of fruit, which Krishna lovingly accepted, valuing her devotion over material perfection.

On the banks of the Godavari River, Chaitanya met Ramananda Raya and engaged in profound spiritual discussions for ten days. The Lord posed questions while Ramananda explained progressive stages of devotion, culminating in the supreme love of Radha for Krishna.

The celestial dancer Urvashi falls in love with mortal King Pururavas after he rescues her from demons. Banished from heaven by a curse, she lives with him under a condition that leads to their eventual separation.

A merchants son was predicted to die from snakebite in his sixteenth year. After marriage, his wife observes Mangala Gauri fast as advised by her mother. The wife receives the blessing of eternal wifehood and her husbands destined death is averted.

After Sati's death, she is reborn as Parvati. She performs rigorous penance to win Shiva's love. Shiva tests her by appearing as a brahmin who criticizes himself, but Parvati defends him. Impressed, Shiva reveals his form and marries her in a grand cosmic ceremony.

The gopis of Vrindavan loved Krishna so completely that they abandoned all duties when he called. Their devotion surpassed all scholarship—when Uddhava came to teach them philosophy, he realized their love achieved what his learning could not. Pure devotion itself is the path.

19th-century priest Ramakrishna's desperate longing for God led to direct visions of Kali. He then practiced every spiritual path—Vedanta, Tantra, Islam, Christianity—and found they all led to the same divine reality. His God-intoxicated life demonstrated that devotion is not technique but transforming love.

Vibhishana counsels his brother Ravana to return Sita, but Ravana refuses. When war comes, Vibhishana must choose: family loyalty or righteousness. He joins Rama, helps defeat Lanka, and becomes king. Dharma sometimes requires standing against those we love—not betrayal, but higher loyalty.

Hanuman serves Rama not for recognition but because service IS the reward. From building the bridge to Lanka to carrying a mountain for healing herbs, his every action is pure offering. Asked for any boon, he requests only to continue serving forever. Seva is devotion made physical.

Tulsidas's obsessive love for his wife led him to cross a river on a corpse. Her rebuke—'Love Rama with half this devotion and be free'—transformed him. He renounced not because the world was bad but because his attachment was too strong. Emptied of one love, he filled with another and wrote the Ramcharitmanas.

When Sita gifts Hanuman pearls, he breaks them open looking for Rama inside. When mocked that his own body doesn't contain Rama, he tears open his chest revealing Rama and Sita in his heart. The story teaches: what do we truly value? Hanuman's actions perfectly matched his stated devotion.

After searching all of Lanka, Hanuman finds Sita in the Ashoka grove. He approaches carefully, sings of Rama to prove his identity, and shows her Rama's ring. Though he offers to carry her back, Sita refuses—Rama must rescue her himself to restore honor. True service means serving the deeper purpose, not just the immediate need.

Hanuman carved his own perfect Ramayana on Himalayan rocks. When Valmiki wept that his version was now obsolete, Hanuman erased his masterpiece entirely—so Rama's story could spread through Valmiki's accessible work. True devotion creates and destroys with equal love, keeping nothing for ego.

Savitri followed Yama and through clever discourse obtained boons that forced him to restore her dead husband to life. Her devotion conquered death itself.