The Mahabharata and the Ramayana, both illustrated by war as their letimotiv, constitute the defining characteristic of the Indian as the unique civilization not based on Force. As a love story the Ramayana owes its popularity as a graceful intimation of the absence of hatred in the elimination of Evil, with its cosmic density represented by Ravana. Both epics epitomize the visions of the ancient sages who saw in myth, not in the recording of events and deeds, the right representation of the sublime merits an virtues worthy of emulation in the searching for self-fulfillment as the finality of human existence.