Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Reading Notes, Ramayana Part C

 Notes

Page 11

- Vali tormented Sugriva enough until he finally had enough
- Hanuman carried Rama and Lakshmana to meet Sugriva
- Rama and Sugriva became allies to try and kill Vali
- Sugriva went to fight Vali and lost
- Rama was able to fatally wound Vali though
- Sugriva then gets crowned the king upon Vali's death
- To make peace Sugriva sent monkeys to search for Sita led by Hanuman
- The monkeys receive help just as they are about to fail

Page 12

- Sampati finds out his brother Jatayu is dead
- Sampati then pointed the monkeys in the right direction
- Hanuman was the only one who could reach the island needed to continue
- Hanuman finally makes the jump to the island and climbed the top of the mountain to go to Lanka
- On his journey, Hanuman gets attacked by a sea monster named Surasa and Simhika but he escaped
- Hanuman finally reaches Lanka and hears Ravana threaten Sita

Page 13

- Hanuman finally gets to address Sita right before she is about to hang herself
- Hanuman shows Sita the ring that Rama will give her
- Sita says Rama must come to her and so Hanuman starts a war on the way back to Rama and kills Aksha
- Hanuman gets captured and taken to Ravana and his life was spared
- Hanuman is punished by his tail being lit on fire but he runs around while this is happening and burns down the palace and the houses of Lanka
- Hanuman then returns with good news about Sita for Rama

Page 14

- The monkeys and bears celebrated the good news and got drunk on the honey
- Hanuman goes and tells Rama the good news and he wept with joy
- Ravana grew angry at the news and captured Sita
- Rama then led his army to the ocean god, Varuna for help to cross to Lanka
- Varuna says to build a bridge so Rama seeks out Nala and starts building a bridge to Lanka
- A woman that appeared to be Sita washed ashore but it turned out to be Benjakai

Page 15

- Once the bridge was halfway to Lanka, sea-monsters destroyed it but mermaids agreed to help rebuild it
- Rama reaches Lanka at last
- Ravana tried and tried again to stop Rama's army but failed
- A war starts between Rama and Ravana
- Rama and Lakshmana get killed on the battlefield and Sita sees and bursts into tears
- Rama is found to be still alive so the war is not over
- The goddess that healed Rama bestowed victory upon him


Bibliography 

TinyTales from the Ramayana, 
Laura Gibbs. https://sites.google.com/view/tinyramayana/home







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