RAM RAJYA :THE IDEAL GOVERNANCE

Lord Shri Ram established ideal governance in ‘Treta Yug’, popularly known as Ram Rajya’. This ideal administration or rule is still regarded as symbol of a happy and blissful life. Rama Rajya should not be mistaken as only the rule of comforts and amenities but it is the pious and virtuous conduct, behavior and thoughts of residents which makes any governance equivalent to Ram Rajya.Let us know some important characteristics of Ram Rajya. Ram Rajya was the RULE OF LAW where Dharm and Civil Administration worked together, in complete HARMONY, to ensure that the Sanatan Dharm, i.e. the Dharmic laws, and the Civil Laws were appropriate, and harmonious for the welfare of the entire society on equal opportunity basis. Such type of rule had only been possible during the time of Ram and some of his successor.

Goswami Tulisdas says in Shri Ramcharit Manas:

The citizens of Rama Rajya were self disciplined, followers of ethical rules and conduct and were free from all sorts of diseases. The citizens were scholars, educated, skilled and intelligent. There was no jealousy and enmity among them. All of them were engrossed in religious acts and deeds and were selfless. They were calm, peaceful and blissful due to their altruistic attitude and approach. There was no currency in Ram Rajya and no one was poor. All daily use items were available at no cost therefore they were far from the tendency of hoarding. The citizens of Ram Rajya were not pleasure seeking and sensualistic, but they were dutiful and contended.

The reason being, that it is certainly not easy to have a fair and just rule of law. By fair and just rule of law, we mean the King, i.e. the head of civil administration invariably has to make compromises for the purpose of proper administration. Administration of civil laws, fairly, is certainly not easy.
But it was done in Ram Rajya. It has been an accepted belief throughout the ages, that if the King rules his kingdom fairly and impartially, he also gets the blessings of the Cosmos or God. And this is exactly what was happening in Ram’s administration. Because of completely fair and just rule of law, even the children of people living in the kingdom never met untimely death.
The king has to make compromises in providing justice for various reasons; sometimes to APPEASE his public. It is often said that Shri Ram, for the purpose of establishing People Sensitive Administration, DISOWNED Mata Sita, although she had earlier successfully passed the dreaded Agni Pariksha test.
The other thing that is important to understand is that for the first time representative of Vaanars were given a permanent seat in Ayodhya. We know that Vaanars were Evolved Humans who were living in forest, or VAN. They were treated very badly and as animals by the Kingdoms. Even Parashuram’s pursuits failed to provide desired result. Shri Ram stayed in the forest for fourteen years for proper settlement and rehabilitation of Vaanars and also won the all important battle against Rakshas, killing Ravan.

This provided for the first time an opportunity to Shri Ram to tell the kingdoms that Vaanars would have equal stake in the growth and development of the world. Ram Rajya was thus not a rule for Ayodhya, but for all Humanity. The idea of Ram Rajya is still explored. Every Government tries to implement ideal governance to the common people.