Filial devotion is a term which refers to utmost love,affection and respect for ones parents. A term which's meanings existence is now slowly vanishing away.The mythological time apart from its various wars and famous movements is often remembered for thr great deeds a person would do just to win his parents trust or just to make them proud.Some people would travel great miles just to make their parents happy( Ram in ramayan goes for a “vanvas”) and some would even chop pff their limbs.Shravan kumars story was of one such significance.
Background
Shravan Kumar was born in a poor family during the time of dashraths rule. He was know for his dedication and utmost love towards his blind parents.He had whole heartedly dedicated …show more content…
There are some people who might not agree with the way Shravan handled his domestic situtation. Instead of carrying his parents on his own two shoulders, which is logically impossible unless shravan kumar was a sumo or exceptionally trained in physics , he could have been more practical about life and gotten his parents things which were actually reasonabel, affordable and wouldnt cause his much trouble.Shravan Kumar could have given his parents the illuisionment of a place which his parents wanted to see and could have pulled a smart act and saved himself a lot of pain .Eventhough he wasnt wise enought to save himself the rouble he could have made arrangements for cheap transportation like using dairy animals like cows or buffalows which was something very common at that time . Devotion is one thing but aiming for the unpractical can sometimes prove to be disatrous,which is what exactly happened in this …show more content…
It makes people aware of the limit that children would exceed for their parents just to seat them on a pedestail of infinite joy.Shravan Kumars story although a bit practical urges people to be kind.Even if a friend,family member or even a stranger is crippled he should be helped and supported if one is abel to do so, no emotions have to be necessarily attached but just for the sake of humanitarian reasons a fellow human being should help