Reading Notes: Narayan's Ramayana Part C

Ravana kidnaps Sita (pp. 85 - 89)
-Ravana tries to talk himself up while in disguise to Sita
-Sita talks trash about Ravana and he becomes angry and shows his true form
-He abducts Sita, but due to a curse, cannot physically touch her without her consent
-Jatayu attempts to free Sita
-Jatayu first tries to reason with Ravana before directly attacking him
-Ravana takes the attack at first, but the pulls out a magical sword and mortally wounds Jatayu (pg.89).

Rama meets Hanuman and Sugreeva (pp. 90 - 96)
-Hanuman appears before Rama and Lakshmana in the form of a scholar
-Hanuman shows his true form and brings the two to Sugreeva
-Hanuman recounts the story of Sugreeva's life
-The story of Sugreeva and Vali is explained (pp. 92 - 94)
-Hanuman realizes that Rama is Vishnu incarnate
-Vali's curse is explained (pp. 95 - 96)

Sugreeva fights Vali (pp. 96 - 105)
-After becoming emotional at receiving Sita's jewelry, Rama gets the help of Sugreeva and Hanuman to rescue her
-First they decide that they must defeat Vali
-Sugreeva confronts Vali and the fight begins
-Vali is close to killing Sugreeva when Rama shoots an arrow through his chest
-Vali sees that the arrow is Rama's and chastises him for getting involved in their affairs
-Rama rebuttals by saying everything Vali had done after coming back from his fight with Mayavi (pg 92) was dishonorable
-Vali sees the error in his ways and advises Sugreeva how to rule before dying

Vali the Monkey King: Source



Bibliography
The Ramayana by R. K. Narayan

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