Reading Notes: Public Domain Ramayana: Section B

Barata come back and realizes what happened in his absence. His brothers and sister in law banished, the death of his father, the deceit of his mother and manthara, and knowing that ultimately his mother did all of this for him. That this was all his fault without even meaning to be. Baratha goes back with rama sandals so that they can be placed on the throne and he can be king while baratha just takes care of things in his absence. They then met with Anasuya where sita spoke of her story and how she came to be there. Upon hearing her story Anasuya wept and held sita close in a motherly affection and gave her clothes and some jewelry. After their departure they ran into viradha who kidnapped sita and fought with the brothers. He was slain and thrown into a pit upon where his curse lifted and he descended to heaven. Agastya a famous rishi offers rama weapons, food, and a place to stay. While rama rejects he goes further into the forest to run into shurpanakha. She offers herself to him and tells rama to leave his wife for her. Rama rejects her but says that his brother is without a wife or a companion in this forest and he might accept you as his if you want to try. After shurpanakha’s insult her brothers came forth to fight in her honor against rama. He killed Khara and his brother along with the rest of the demons and won the fight. Ravana hears of this battle where all his warriors had lost and sought to kill this man that caused his sister so much pain. With the help of Maricha who turned into this beautiful golden deer to lure sita away in order for Ravan to be able to kidnap her. Maricha dies but before he does he changes his voice to rama and calls for help. Lakshmana is forced to help him against his judgement that he actually needs help and leaves sita by herself. Ravana takes advantage of this and changes form into a sage to get to sita. He takes her and jatayu tries to help and he fights until he is killed and ravana takes sita away. Rama returns to the hut to find it empty and in his search for his wife he finds jatayu who tells him what happened. They then run into Kabandha who tells rama who ravana is and where he lives after his death. Rama found shabri who had been waiting for the 2 for decades and performed her final rites.Public Domain Ramayana: Online Reading

Rama, Sita, & Shurpanakha: Rejection