Reading Notes: Ramayana, Part D
- After upsetting the God of the Ocean, Rama calls upon vanar chief Nala, the divine artisan, so that a bridge can be built from the southern tip of India, to Lanka.
- Ravana tries to use his powers of illusion to trick Sita into thinking Rama is dead
- Indrajit injures the army with a naga-weapon (serpent weapon) and Garuda comes to heal the army since he is the enemy of serpents.
- Kumbhakarna, Ravana's brother, the mightiest demon, defeated Hanuman, captured Sugriva, but was slain by Rama and fell into the ocean.
- Indrajit had another devastating attack, then Hanuman lifts up an entire mountain and brings it to Lanka for the life-giving herbs.
- Indrajit tries to trick Rama into thinking he has slain Sita, but Vibhishana explains that it it just an illusion.
- Vibhishana also tells Rama about Nikumbhila, a sacred place in Lanka that will allow them to defeat Indrajit.
- Lakshmana slays Indrajit
- Ravana went to slay Sita, but the dames concealed her saying he should not taint his reputation by killing a woman.
- Ravana pierces Lakshmana's heart with a dart
- Hanuman traveled back to get herbs from the mountain and revived Lakshmana.
- The apes interrupted a ritual that Ravana was performing in order to get help from the gods.
- Indra sends his own chariot and Matali to aid Rama
- Agastya came to witness the final fight between Rama and Ravana and gave Rama advise and words of wisdom on how to end him.
- Using the flaming Brahma weapon, Rama finally defeated Ravana
- Vibhishana burned the remains of his brother and become king of Lanka
- Ravana's chief wife, the one who begged him not to fight Rama, mourns his passing.
- Vibhishana performs his fathers funeral
- Sita is returned to Rama, but he tells her that he is no longer attached to her because she had been gazed upon by another man, and doesn't know if she was unfaithful.
- Sita is tested at the pyre. The gods tell Rama who he is and the mission he has accomplished.
- Fire brings Sita to Rama, telling him that she was pure.
- The two are back together, and are happy.
- Rama takes Sita back to Ayodhya in Ravana's chariot, and narrates to Sita the events that have happened during their 14 years of exile.
- Rama, Sita, Lakshmana, and Hanuman return, and Bharata had the golden sandals on the throne, waiting for Rama.
- Rama is crowned king, everyone rejoices.
- Everyone whispered about Sita, so Rama sent her into exile, and Lakshmana showed her to a hermitage in the jungle inhabited by Valmiki who counseled her.
- Rama wants to perform horse sacrifice to cleanse his sins.
- Lava and Kusha, Rama and Sita's son take possession of the horse and defeat anyone who came to them.
- Rama goes to fight them, but notices they are so much like him and asks who their parents are. They tell him Sita is their mother, but that they do not know their father.
- He asks Sita to prove that the boys are his sons in front of everyone who came to visit, but the earth set a throne for Sita and took her away to the land of naga.
- Rama was sad, but the gods told him to think of himself as Vishnu, not Rama.
- Thousands of years went by, and the kingdom was peaceful.
- All of Vishnu's reincarnations returned to the gods, as did all the monkeys. But Hanuman was to live forever. Time took over the throne from Rama.
- Ravana tries to use his powers of illusion to trick Sita into thinking Rama is dead
- Indrajit injures the army with a naga-weapon (serpent weapon) and Garuda comes to heal the army since he is the enemy of serpents.
- Kumbhakarna, Ravana's brother, the mightiest demon, defeated Hanuman, captured Sugriva, but was slain by Rama and fell into the ocean.
- Indrajit had another devastating attack, then Hanuman lifts up an entire mountain and brings it to Lanka for the life-giving herbs.
- Indrajit tries to trick Rama into thinking he has slain Sita, but Vibhishana explains that it it just an illusion.
- Vibhishana also tells Rama about Nikumbhila, a sacred place in Lanka that will allow them to defeat Indrajit.
- Lakshmana slays Indrajit
- Ravana went to slay Sita, but the dames concealed her saying he should not taint his reputation by killing a woman.
- Ravana pierces Lakshmana's heart with a dart
- Hanuman traveled back to get herbs from the mountain and revived Lakshmana.
- The apes interrupted a ritual that Ravana was performing in order to get help from the gods.
- Indra sends his own chariot and Matali to aid Rama
- Agastya came to witness the final fight between Rama and Ravana and gave Rama advise and words of wisdom on how to end him.
- Using the flaming Brahma weapon, Rama finally defeated Ravana
- Vibhishana burned the remains of his brother and become king of Lanka
- Ravana's chief wife, the one who begged him not to fight Rama, mourns his passing.
- Vibhishana performs his fathers funeral
- Sita is returned to Rama, but he tells her that he is no longer attached to her because she had been gazed upon by another man, and doesn't know if she was unfaithful.
- Sita is tested at the pyre. The gods tell Rama who he is and the mission he has accomplished.
- Fire brings Sita to Rama, telling him that she was pure.
- The two are back together, and are happy.
- Rama takes Sita back to Ayodhya in Ravana's chariot, and narrates to Sita the events that have happened during their 14 years of exile.
- Rama, Sita, Lakshmana, and Hanuman return, and Bharata had the golden sandals on the throne, waiting for Rama.
- Rama is crowned king, everyone rejoices.
- Everyone whispered about Sita, so Rama sent her into exile, and Lakshmana showed her to a hermitage in the jungle inhabited by Valmiki who counseled her.
- Rama wants to perform horse sacrifice to cleanse his sins.
- Lava and Kusha, Rama and Sita's son take possession of the horse and defeat anyone who came to them.
- Rama goes to fight them, but notices they are so much like him and asks who their parents are. They tell him Sita is their mother, but that they do not know their father.
- He asks Sita to prove that the boys are his sons in front of everyone who came to visit, but the earth set a throne for Sita and took her away to the land of naga.
- Rama was sad, but the gods told him to think of himself as Vishnu, not Rama.
- Thousands of years went by, and the kingdom was peaceful.
- All of Vishnu's reincarnations returned to the gods, as did all the monkeys. But Hanuman was to live forever. Time took over the throne from Rama.
Vishnu in the heavens
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