Reading Notes - Ramayana PART D
Ramanaya Online: Public Domain Edition
Author: Multiple
Part D:
- King of the ocean helped Rama form a bridge to cross the ocean to get to Lanka
- Ravana tried tricking Sita into thinking Rama was dead
- Ravanas son Indra fights the monkey Rama
- Rakshasas wake Ravanas demon brother and send him towards the monkey army
- Indra enters the battle and killed a lot of monkeys but they were being healed by the herbs released when Hanuman threw the mountain
- Indra like his father can create illusions, so he tries to trick Rama into thinking Sita is dead
- Lakshmana kills Indra and Ravana gets revenge by attacking Laksh. And stabbing him in the heart
- Lakshmana was healed and rescued by Hanu
- A sage named Aga appeared and told Rama how Ravana could be defeated
- Rama shot one of Ravanas heads off but another grew back
- Rama used the celestial flaming weapon he obtained from Brahma and killed Ravana
- After the battle, Rama and Sita face another hardship
- Rama believes that Ravana has tainted Sita and that she should marry someone else
- In order to prove her loyalty, she calls on the fire god to test her
- The fire god Agni confirmed her loyalty to Rama and he reclaims his bride
- Rama returns to his brother Bharata who claimed he would kill himself if Rama had not returned within fourteen years
- Rama, at last, had been crowned king
- People were worried about Sita's loyalty and so Rama banished his wife
- Sita later gave birth to two sons
- After 16 years Rama seeks out Sita and runs into Lava and Kusha
- The two boys told the tale of Rama and Sita confessed her love to him
- A throne arose from the ground and the earth welcomed her and sunk the throne into the ground
- The gods cried out in praise of Sita
- Indra had returned to his own city
- Rama was extremely sad and set out to follow the same path of Indra (heaven)
(Source: PDE Ramayana)
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