Rama, the embodiment of Nivritti tendencies, arrived at the seashore on His mission to destroy Lanka, which was steeped in Pravritti. Evil tendencies like ignorance, egoism and pomp do not allow man to enter into the World of Nivritti, even though he may have intellectual eminence to his credit. Rama,Lakshmana,Sugriva, Angada and Jambavan were making arrangements for the massive action to be launched against Lanka. Rama divided His army into two sections, headed by Angada on one side and Jambavan on the other. He pretended as though he was tired and lay on the sands, resting His head on Lakshmana’s lap.
The hearing of God’s name alone is ‘Satkriti’ or good tune and nothing else is Satkriti. So, our sages and seers based their life and activities on the Satkriti and oriented it towards union with the Supreme Soul. The stage thus reached can be called Nivritti. (SSB 1972, p. 161)