Anil Kumar Questions and
Answers
Question 31
Is there
any significance behind Rama being sent into exile for fourteen
years? Why fourteen years? Why not thirteen? Why not fifteen, why?
(Laughter) What is so special about this number? (05.01.2003)
To be very, very honest, I don’t
remember Swami saying anything about the number fourteen. Bhagavan
has said several things about the number nine -- six being the
Divine qualities and three being the human qualities: 6 + 3 = 9.
He has said many things about the number nine. Why? Because the
number nine is changeless. For example, 9 x 2 = 18 and 1 + 8 = 9.
Likewise, 9 x 3 = 27 and 2 + 7 = 9. So you can go on multiplying
like that -- nine is nine. There are six Divine features and three
human qualities. So, He has spoken about the number nine. But, I
don’t remember Swami saying anything about the number fourteen.
But if you want me to speculate --
subject to correction, subject to your acceptance -- if you want
me to give an educated guess, then it could possibly be the five
karmendriyas or five senses of action and the five
jnanendriyas or five senses of perception – 5 + 5 = 10. Then
the last four are manas, buddhi, chittha and
ahamkaara. Manas is the mind or thinking. Chitta
is the feeling. Buddhi is the intellect or decision-making
capacity, and ahamkaara is the ego. 5 + 5 + 4 = 14. This
might possibly be the nearest answer to this question, if not the
right answer.
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