00:00Your brother goes into exile for 14 years, and you refuse to sleep.
00:04Imagine surrendering sleep for a decade and a half to stay awake.
00:07The Ramayana records the moment he went to the goddess of sleep.
00:11Nidra Devi stood before him in the forest dark.
00:14Take my sleep, he told her, so I can guard my brother every single hour.
00:19Someone must bear your slumber, she replied, or the balance breaks.
00:23Who pays the price for your duty?
00:25Urmila, his wife, stepped forward and took every dark night he refused.
00:29For 14 years, she slept while he stood guard without blinking.
00:33That waking bought him the power to slay the demon Indrajit.
00:36He stayed awake so others could rest.
00:39The hardest battles are fought in the dark.
00:41Follow for tomorrow's story from the Puranas.
