Character of the Valmiki Ramayana
Tara
तारा
Vali's queen, whose counsel warns her husband and later steadies a grieving kingdom — a rare voice of reason.
Embodies
- Dharma — Right action when every choice costs something — the question the whole epic turns on.
Questions to explore
- What did Tara warn Vali about before his fall?
- Why is Tara counted among the wisest women of the epic?
