Ramayana Part B:
- Everyone around town is mourning the death of Dasharatha, his son Bharata held a funeral service
- This resulted in weeping for 10 whole days
- recited japa
- performed sacrifices, fire
- Jabali tried to convince Rama to depart the forest and head back to the town, using reasoning that his father is dead and there is no use to please those who are now dead and how there is no hereafter.
- argument about hereafter, Jabali does not believe in it but Rama does
- Bharata gave Rama gold sandals, to put on his throne, then Bharata went away for as long as Rama's exile lasts
- Rama and Sita fought a mighty Viradha, and no worldly weapons were able to pierce him because he had been cursed. Once they dug a hole and threw him in, he told Rama that he had been freed of this curse and then later attained heaven.
- Rama encounters Agastya in the forest, and he gives him a variety of weapons.
- Shuprankha tries to convince Rama to leave Sita for her
- theme of loyalty
- Rama was loyal to Sita
- Shuprankha is testing his faith
- Shuprankha calls her brother and an army on to kill Sita, the mighty Rama slays them
- To punish Rama, they want to torture him by killing Sita
- she is his only weakness
- Ravana in a deer disguise is used to lure in Sita, even taking the voice of Rama saying that he is hurt.
- Sita wants to help but is not allowed
- she would rather die than live without Rama
- Jatayu, a bird, saves Sita
- Ravana is to die soon
- Jatyu can signify that you are always being watched by someone, he was in the trees during the whole exile just silently watching
- Ravana was cursed due to a prior rape
- Rama encounters many people leading him on a quest to find Sita
Bibliography - PDE Ramayana
The beautiful Sita
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