Reading Notes - Ramayana PART B

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 Ramanaya Online: Public Domain Edition

Author: Multiple

Bharata Returns

  • Bharata has not known that that his father Dasharatha is dead

  • He returned to the palace and found out about his father 

  • He vows to bring his brother Ramahome who his banished


Dasharatha's Funeral

  • Bharata was endowed with words from the saint Vashishtha

  • The king was placed on a car and was carried by servants

  • They spent 10 days mourning lying on the ground (wives of the monarch, counsellors, priests, Bharata)


Rama and Bharata

  • Bharata seeks out Rama in the forest to persuade him to come back

  • They embraced each other and mourned their father

  • Bharata vowed to stay in the forest for 14 years so that Rama could return to Ayodhya

  • However Rama said neither of them can change the commands of Dasharatha


The Sandals

  • Since Rama could not be convinced Bharata wanted to take something to represent his absence

  • He took a pair of sandals which have touched Ramas feet 

  • Bharata have Rama a pair of new sandals decked in gold

  • The sandals of Rama were the symbol royal authority


Anasuya

  • Rama Sita and Laksh. Visit the sage Atri and his wife Anasuya

  • Poem


Viradha

  • Rama and Laksh. Battle a demon who abducted Sita

  • The demon is Viradha and he has special protection which prevents him from being harmed by sharp weapons 

  • The demons real name if Tumburu and is actually connects to Rama through an ancient curse

  • They cast him into a pit because he couldn’t be killed.  


Agastya

  • Rama receives weapons from another sage he meets with in the forest

  • Another poem

  • Agastya is one of the most famous of the Indian rishis

  • Agastya told Rama of the Panchavatis forest where wild deer race and gorges of water flow

  • Tells him to go there and build a leafy home and tend to Sita 


Shurpanakha and Rama

  • Ravana's sister Shurpanakha falls in love with Rama

  • She was resolved to assume another form to induce Rama to leave Sita

  • Though her efforts were mistaken as Rama is faithful to Sita


Lakshmana and Shurpanakha

  • Jealous in anger Shurpa. Tries to attack Sita

  • Another poem


Battle with Khara

  • Khara tries to attack Rama again

  • Rama sent Sita with Lakshmana to a secret cave to be protected

  • Rama armed with a celestial bow awaited his enemies

  • Rama armed with celestial weapons scattered the demon army

  • The battle was won and Sita embraced her husband


Rama defeats Khara



Source: PDE Ramayana

Shurpanakha and Ravana

  • Shurpa. Lies and says she was molested by Rama to her brother Ravana

  • The King Ravana shows Shurpa where Ramas weakness lies (Sita)

  • Vows there will be a weeping for a living creatures soon


Ravana and Maricha

  • Ravana seeks the help of Maricha to abduct Sita

  • Maricha tries to warn Ravana that Rama is not one to mess with

  • Ravana ignores him and boasts that Rama would be easy prey

  • Maricha is loyal to Ravana and explained that a ruse would work best to abduct Sita

  • Maricha took the appearance of a golden deer hoping to be seen by Sita


The Golden Deer

  • Ravanas plan works 

  • Rama goes to capture the deer for Sita

  • Another poem


The Chase

  • Rama chased the deer

  • Maricha sprang from the deers body showing that he could imitate Ramas voice

  • Sita wants Lakshmana to save him

  • Lakshmana reassures here that no one can hurt Rama and stays with her per Ramas orders

  • After repenting Lakshmana decides to go after Rama 

  • Sita says she will die without Rama


Ravana and Sita

  • Ravana can shapeshift and disguises himself as a sage

  • He seeks to take this oppurtunity to get close to Sita since she is left unguarded

  • Believing Ravana was a Brahmin she told him of Ramas exile

  • He changed his shape to the demon form and soared through the air with Sita captive

  • Another poem

Jatayu and Ravana

  • Jatayu is a mighty bird who watches over exiles in the forest battles Ravana to save Sita

  • She saw the great vulture in a tree and cried out to him for help

  • Ravana ending up cutting the wings off Jatayu so that he’d fall down to his death

  • Ravana ended up getting Sita again and flew away

  • Brahma foresees Ravana's death 


Sita in Lanka

  • Sita is the Ravana's palace

  • Sita has a curse that was put upon her Brahma that wont allow Ravana to rape her

  • Sita remember Rama in heart as weeps day and night


Rama and Jatayu

  • Rama returned to learn that Sita was gone

  • Rama began to search the forest for Sita and passed out when finding a torn piece of her clothes

  • Lakshmana helped comfort Rama and get his sense and they set out to find Sita

  • They run into the dying vulture Jatayu and he told them what has happened to Sita


Kabandha

  • Heading South Rama and Lakshmana run into a demon

  • They finger the demon and cut off his harms 

  • The demon revealed that Ravana was in the island of Lanka after Rama fulfilled his dying wish

Shabari

  • Another poem that explains the origins of Shabari

  • Shabari is the person Rama and Lakshmana run into on their way to find Sita

  • She had been expecting Rama for a long time

  • She explains that the holy men foretold her that he would come

  • Her destiny was complete so she asked Rama to perform her funeral rights 

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