Reading Notes (Part B): Rama and Sita by W.D. Monro






1.     Section 4 (continued)
-       Urvasi and Pururavas were together again, and Urvasi brought two rams from heaven to earth and she loved them
-       Gandharvas stole the rams because he did not want Urvasi to go away (because of the boon he made to Pururavas)
-       Urvasi had a rule to not see her husband unrobed, but when the rams were stolen, he got out of bed and Urvasi saw him unrobed and immediately went back to heaven
-       He was depressed without her, so she promised to come to earth one night a year, and to them 6 sons were born
-       Now the story goes back to Rama and Sita: Ravana himself captures Sita and tried to win her away from Rama
2.     Section 5
-       Rama found out that Lakshma left Sita to help him, and she was missing
-       Found Ravana’s footprints and a piece of Sita’s jewelry
-       They ran into Hanuman and offered them friendship (the monkey prince)
-       Ravana challenged all of them to a battle
-       Rama struck Bali in the heart (chief)
-       Made a monkey army for the battle against Ravana because he was abusing Sita
-       He kept praying to gods that Sita would love him, and Sita began to feel hopeless without Rama
-       Finally, they were rejoined after a long fight to defeat Rama and bring together the monkey army with the monkey king
3.     Section 6
-       Hanuman returned and Rama rejoiced,
-       They marched to face Ravana face to face
-       Word got to Ravana that Rama had been detfeated, and Sita wanted to take her own life and give up
-       But Rama was only in a trance and awoke on the battlefield
-       Finally, they meet face to face and Rama uses his bow to finally kill the demon king and return to Adoydha and take over the kingdom as the new ruler
-       In the streets, people were singing his praises and celebrating






All four main characters are preparing to meet Ravana face-to-face


Bibliography: "Rama and Sita" W.D. Monro. The Tale of Rama and Sita

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