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Is it possible to have Rama-rajya in Kali-Yuga?

It is generally believed that Dharma declines steadily in the four yugas as declared in Manusmriti 1.82, धर्मश्चापैति पादशः. i.e. The Dharm,a which is perfect in Kritayuga, declines quarter by quarter in each Yuga.
Yet, this idea of decline of Dharma in each Yuga is not universal.

Our scriptures reveal that the ruler can create Krita-Yuga even in Kali-yuga. It is possible for a dharmik ruler to create Rama-rajya, a replication of Krita-Yuga in any of the other three yugas.
Mahabharata Santiparva and Manusmriti 9. 301 state that conditions described about the four yugas are not immutably fixed parts of Time, but it is the ruler (who by conducting himself properly) can create the conditions of even Krita-yuga in what common people call Kali-yuga.
कृतं त्रेतायुगं चैव द्वापरं कलिरेव च ।
राज्ञो वृत्तानि सर्वाणि राजा हि युगमुच्यते ॥
Manusmriti 9.301, (also occurs in Mahabharata CE 12.92.6)

"The actions of the king constitute the Krita, the Treta, the Dvapara and the Kali yugas; as it is the king that is called the yuga."
Mahabharata emphatically says that "It is the King who is the cause of Yugas". Image
Yuga descriptions in the Mahabharata:
Mahabharata 3.148.5-37, dialogue between Bhima and Hanuman
Mahabharata 6.11.1-14, dialogue between Dhritarashtra and Sanjaya

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Dec 20, 2021
There was no 'burning of widows' as per scriptures. P.V. Kane uses the word 'self-immolation by the widows' instead of 'widow burning' which is normally used by Indologists.
Swami Vivekananda points out that a widow who insisted to undergo self-immolation, had to pass a fiery test (agni-pariksha), as a proof of her resolute will power. (complete works of Swami Vivekananda Vol 4)
A widow was free to turn back from Sati even at the last moment.
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If she timid, she would lie beside the body of her husband, then a relative would ask her to get up and go home.
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Why did Sri Rama chase the golden deer?

There are two reasons.
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The Sambuka episode of Ramayana cannot be a medieval or modern creation as it is cited as a popular story in Mahabharata.

In the Grdhra Gomayu samvada (dialogue between vulture and jackal) in Apaddharma-parva, the jackal mentions the killing of Sambuka by Sri Rama.
श्रूयते शम्बुके शूद्रे हते ब्राह्मणदारकः।
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"It has been heard that Rama, truthful in his valour, killed the shudra Shambuka, resorted to dharma, and brought a brahmana child back to life."
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Dharmasastras on #Rape

Death penalty
स्त्रीषु कृतोपभोगः स्यात् प्रसह्य पुरुषो यदा ।
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बलात्कारोपभुक्ता वा वैरिहस्तगतापि वा ।
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A woman ravished forcibly or fallen into the hands of an enemy should be abandoned. She becomes pure after the menstrual period.
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बलात्कारोपभुक्ता वा चोरहस्तगतापि वा।
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One who is pure in heart need not go to Kasi.

यमो वैवस्वतो देवो यस्तवैष हृदि स्थितः।
तेन चेदविवादस्ते मा गङ्गां मा कुरून् गमः॥ Manusmriti 8.92

"If you have no quarrel with the god Yama Vaivasvata who sits in your heart, you need not visit the Ganga, nor the Kurukshetra."
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