In this post I am continuing on a short version of the Ramayana called the The Divine Archer, by F.J. Gould.
Bibliography: The Divine Archer by F.J. Gould. Online pdf.
Sita, Oh Sita Where are you?:
- Search for Sita continues
- Sugriva fights Vali, Vali's death by Ram's arrow
- Monsoon season is over, search resumes...Ram give Hanu his ring to give to Sita
- Brother of Jatayu, Sampati is encountered...informs them that Sita is in Lanka...Hanuman jumps the water
- water has a monster named Surasa
Hanuman welcome to Lanka:
- Vibhishana, Ravan's brother, loyal to Ram, makes Hanuman aware of Sita's location, the Ashoka grove
- Hanuman witnesses the encounter between Ravan and Sita as well as the one between Sita and the lady demons (rakshasis)
- Ring is delivered
- tells Sita that Ram is coming...Lanka gets crushed by Hanu
Lanka is in flames:
- Ravan wants to kill Hanu, but Vib says N
- instead Ravan sets Hanu's tail on fire, which in turn causes Lanka to be in flames bc Hanu keeps making his tail grow larger
- Sita gives Hanu jewelry to give Ram
War it is:
- Rakshasas afraid of Ram
- Mandodari, wife of Ravan tries to stop him from fighting Ram... no avail
- Kumbhakarna and Vib try also no luck...
- Vib leaves Lanka to fight alongside Ram
Ram in Lanka:
- Ocean god tells Ram to build a bridge to cross the ocean...his army does it with various materials
- main engineers monkeys: Nala and Nila
- Ram knocks Ravan's crown with an arrow..While Ravan is in court
- the arrow returns to Ram
Battle:
- fighting lasts all day...Laksh gets injured by Indrajit (Meghnad), Ravan's son the next day
- Next day, Kumbhakarna attacks in his drunken state
- killed by Ram's rain of arrows
- Days of battle ensue
- God Indra sends his chariot to Rama in addition to weapons
- Ram kills Ravan, Queen grieves
- Hanu brings Sita to Ram..Ram tells Sita has to prove fidelity
- Sita passes fire test
- Vib marries Mandodari
- Ram, Laksh, Sita, and Hanu mount an air chariot led by swans and fly to Ayodhya
- In this version a winged genie takes the news of Ram's approach to Bharat
- the nation is rejoicing
Sita's Exile:
- people talk of how Ram shouldn't be keeping Sita after she has spent time in Ravan's Palace
- Sita is sent away to the forest..find shelter under Sait Valmiki
- becomes mother of twin boys (Lava and Kusa)
- Ram tells Laksh that it's time to prove his power, sends black horse and anyone who touches the horse Laksh has permission to start war
- Feast brings people from everywhere including Saint Valmiki with the twins who recite verses of the Ramayana
- Ram wants to give them gold for their beautiful work...they won't accept it
- asked who taught the twin, twins respond Valmiki
- Next boys come back, sing and harp more verses
- Ram learns from Valmiki that they're his sons
- Valmiki offers to bring Sita next day
Sita opens the ground:
- Sita comes next day see all the people, Ram on the throne, the boys with Ram
- Sita requests Mother Earth and again declares her fidelity, asking the goddess Bhumi to take her if she if true to Ram
- Golden throne comes out of the throne, Sita takes a seat and is taken into the ground, leaving Ram and the boys behind
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| Hanuman fighting Surasa |
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