In plain words
So I have no fear of any kind. No harm of any kind can come to my husband,’ she said.
Ūrmilā’s nature was spotless, ever pure, selfless. But to this day the people of Bhārata themselves have not recognised her greatness. The people of Bhārata do not know about Sumitrā either. People praise only Sītā and Rāma, but no one speaks of the service Lakṣmaṇa and Śatrughna gave, or of the ideal their wives set. It is not enough to remember Sītā and Rāma alone; you must remember too the ideals that Rāma’s brothers and their wives gave. The four sons of Daśaratha were like the four Vedas. Vasiṣṭha described it so: the Ṛg Veda, the Yajur Veda, the Sāma Veda and the Atharvaṇa Veda themselves took the forms of Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa, Bharata and Śatrughna and played in King Daśaratha’s house.
Above all, what you must recognise is this: no harm of any kind comes to God. He plays out this drama to give the world an ideal. Only great souls whose hearts are pure can recognise this truth. Ūrmilā alone could discern Lakṣmaṇa’s pure heart. Because Sumitrā was their mother, she could understand the true nature of her sons. Mothers as pure as Sumitrā are needed by the world today more than anything. There are many more wonderful things, of every kind, that the Rāmāyaṇa does not tell.
Embodiments of Prema! You think that a new year has begun today. That is not it; you must regard every moment as new. Many people, each according to his own level, are guessing in many ways how things will go in politics, business and society this year. But to tell the truth, no changes will come. Changes do not need a new year to come.