Shiva Dhanush (Bow) it's Origin and Why Ravana could not lift !

It is said that Ravana once lifted Mount Kailash, so the question often comes in people's mind that when Ravana could lift Mount Kailash, how could he not lift Shiva's bow!

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Origin Of Shiv Dhanush!

Lord Shiva's bow was very powerful and miraculous. The name of this bow was Pinak. Clouds burst and the mountains used to move with the bow of the bow which Shiva had made. It was as if an earthquake had occurred. This bow was very powerful. 

It is said that Lord Vishwakarma made three divine Bow from the bones of Maharishi Dadhichi and those are Pinak, Sarang and Gandiv. And the thunderbolt of Indra was also made from the bones of Maharishi Dadhichi. Among those three Pinak was the bow of Lord Shiva. To kill the devils' Lord Shiva himself gave this Pinak Dhanush (Siva Bow) to Lord Parshuram. Lord Parshuram used that Bow many times to kill the devil. Lord Parshuram later gave Shiva Dhanush to Devaraja, the ancestor of King Janaka. Shiva-Dhanush was safe with King Janak as his heritage. 

Sita Mata used to meditate on Lord Shiva and instinctively lifted the bow without force. Nobody had the ability to lift this giant bow. But Lord Rama picked it up and climbed it and broke it in one stroke.

A chaupaee  ( चौपाई ) comes in Ram Charitmanas :

|| उठहु राम भंजहु भव चापा, मेटहु तात जनक परितापा ||

||Uthhu Ram Bhanju bhava chap, Methu Tat Janak Paritap ||

Means - Seeing Vishwamitra Janakji extremely upset and disappointed, he says to Shri Ramji, O son Shri Ram, get up and "Proud Sagar Rupi" by breaking this bow, take Janak's agony. "

There is a word in this chaupaee ( चौपाई ), 'Arrogant', that to lift this bow, it was not the need of love but of love and illiteracy. It was the elusive and divine bow. He needed divine qualities to raise him. No egotist could pick him up.

Ravana was arrogant. He could have raised Mount Kailash but was not even move the bow. One went to Dhanush with the boast of an egoistic and powerful man. As Ravana used his bow to power, that bow became heavier and heavier. All the kings there were defeated by their power and arrogance.

When Shri Ram's turn came, he thought that it is not an ordinary bow but a bow of Lord Shiva. Then Lord Ram bow down in front of the Dhanush with meditating on Lord Shiva, Then he circled the fire and gave it full respect. The heaviness of the bow has automatically disappeared in front of Lord Shriram's modesty and tenderness, and he lovingly raised the bow and climbed his bow and broke the Bow itself.