Reading Notes: PDE Ramayana , Part D

 Ramayana: Part D 

Kumbhakarna 

The Bridge

Rama performed sacrifices to propriate the God ocean so that the vanar forces might be enabled  to pass over Lanka but it did not work. Rama got frustrated and shot an arrow into the bosom of the deep causing the earth an sea to tremble and mountains began to break into pieces. Rama threatened to dry up the waters of the sea with a firey dart, The King of the ocean rose from the aid and told him to seek the aid of chief Nala then he vanished back into the ocean. Nala was called upon to give aid and he and his workmen constructed a causeway of rocky island between the mainland and lanka and it is called Ramas bridge. 

Rama attacks 

Dreadful were the omens of war that showed themselves. Then Rama beholding lanka towering up to pierce the heavens ..he laid siege to Lanka. Meanwhile Ravana spies gathered news and brought their information of Lanka to Ravana. They advised him of Ramas resistless power and advised him to surrender Sita. Ravana grew angry of this news and sent his spies away. Ravana sent other spies but they brought back the same news and there was nothing left to do but to surrender sita. First, Ravana planned to betray sita to his will so he told her that the monkey host had been dispersed and Rama slain and a rakshasi came in bringing the resemblance of ramas head and bow and sita recognized them, began to cry, and begged to be slain next to ramas head so she may follow him. Suddenly a messenger came in calling ravana to battle and he turned to the field of war and he left the head and bow vanished and thats when Sita knew that is was just an illusion. 

Indrajit

Then the monkeys advanced in order and swarmed the walls flooding the moat and striking terror into the hearts of the rakshasas: The rakshasas met the monkeys in battle and an equal battle enraged till evening and the rakshas waited  for the night and desired eagerly for the sun to set for it was in the night that their power grew even stronger. Night fell and demons devoured monkeys by the thousands. Those of Ramas party prevailed and pushed back the Forces of indrajit ( son of ravana) but he resorted his trickery and magic and became invisible then he showered rama and his brother lakshmaana with arrows and he bound them so fast they lay helpless with arrows and thousand wounds. Ravana took sita and showed her them helpess in the field with arrows. Rama came to and saw his brother who seemed dead and was saddened then garuda came and healed the young hereos and restored their strength he also spoke of them to not trust the rakshasas and reassured of his victory and his reunion to his wife and after their embrace thousands of monkeys advanced again upon the gates of Lanka. 

Kumbhakarna 

The Rakshasas were desperate so they decided to awaken kumbhakarna the mightiest of all demons. They brought him food and he swallowed it unsatisfied he asked where were the apes so that he may devour them all. He mounted hhis chariot and went forth to battle. The apes were frightened by him and fled. He defeated hanuman and siezed sugriva and carried him off in his chariot. Thousands of apes were devoured in this fight. Rama and he fought and rama defeated him by firing flaming arrows and removing his head from his body. 

Hanmuman and the mountain 

Then ravana grew ever more heavy hearted indrajit vowed to slay rama and his brother and he went to set off to do so but before he left he did some sacrifices to the fire god and the fire god took the sacrifices and bestowed a brahma weapon on indrajit and blessed his bow an he slayed countless hosts of monkeys and was invisible. Then rama, seeing him thus weaponed and asassailable counselled a semblance of defeat and indrajit returned victorious to Lanka. Hanuman jumpued to the himalaya tip and brought fourth four life giving herbs that growthere and reured it to the monkey host army. 

Lakshmana and indrajit 

Ravana is trying to convince sita that rama is dead and then ravanas son come in and paints this image of ramas demise. Someone advices rama of a sacred place in lanka where it is possible to ambush indrajit. 

Ravanas lament 

Ravana laments for the death of his son saying he was the mightiest of heroes for a time he mourned then he arose to seek vengeance and he first hastened towards ashoka grove to kill sita but the raksha dames concealed the wife of rama and prevailed upon ravana not to pollute his fame by killing a woman. One of them told him to look to the battlefield for his vengeance. 

Biobliography ( Multiple Authors)

http://ouocblog.blogspot.com/2014/04/ramayana-online-public-domain-edition.html