Reading Notes: Divine Archer: Part B
Divine Archer
By F.J. Gould
Sugriva and Rama are now battling Vali, but instead of Sugriva giving the final blow, it is Rama who slay him. After this, the search for Sita continues. They go in different directions and Hanuman party heads in a different direction. They come upon Sampati who relays that Sita is in Lanka. Hanuman reaches Lanka and talks to Vibhishana who sends him to where Ravana is keeping Sita. He spies on them and sees that Sita is refusing all of Ravana's advances. Once Ravana is gone, he finds Sita and gives him the ring that Rama gave to him to give her. He reaffirms that Rama is on his way to come get her. Hanuman is than discovered and taken to Ravana. At the feet of Ravana, Hanuman is sentenced to death. He does this by setting his tail on fire, but Hanuman makes his tail grow larger and larger which eventually makes the city of Lanka burn up. Hanuman then returns to Sita who gives him an object to give back to Rama when he returns to him. After this, the rakshasas make Queen Mandidari try to persuade Ravana to make peace and return Sita. Ravana refuses and gets ready to go to war with Rama. Rama builds a bridge to Lanka because they do not have Hanuman's powers. Rama's armies attack; on the second day Lakshmana leads the attack, but is wounded. Hanuman brings him medicine to heal him. It takes days for the battle to end until Rama and Ravana finally meet each other face to face. Rama then receives weapons from Indra and Rama uses the bow to slay Ravana. Rama grants a formal funeral be allowed for Ravana and he also makes Sita prove her fidelity before he accepts her again. He does this by fire, but she comes out of it not burned. They all return to Ayodhya where they celebrate and have a grand ole time. Even though Sita has proved herself, the people still talk about her which cause Rama to send her into exile. Sometime later, Rama ends up meeting his sons while he is performing a sacrifice. He ask them where he learned of the story and they say they learned it from Valmiki. Once he confronts Valmiki he realizes that they are his sons. Sita then returns to Rama one last time to claim her fidelity. She states that mother earth will take her if she has been true to Rama. Mother earth does take her and she disappears into earth.
Bibliography: The Divine Archer, F.J. Gould, 1911
By F.J. Gould
Sugriva and Rama are now battling Vali, but instead of Sugriva giving the final blow, it is Rama who slay him. After this, the search for Sita continues. They go in different directions and Hanuman party heads in a different direction. They come upon Sampati who relays that Sita is in Lanka. Hanuman reaches Lanka and talks to Vibhishana who sends him to where Ravana is keeping Sita. He spies on them and sees that Sita is refusing all of Ravana's advances. Once Ravana is gone, he finds Sita and gives him the ring that Rama gave to him to give her. He reaffirms that Rama is on his way to come get her. Hanuman is than discovered and taken to Ravana. At the feet of Ravana, Hanuman is sentenced to death. He does this by setting his tail on fire, but Hanuman makes his tail grow larger and larger which eventually makes the city of Lanka burn up. Hanuman then returns to Sita who gives him an object to give back to Rama when he returns to him. After this, the rakshasas make Queen Mandidari try to persuade Ravana to make peace and return Sita. Ravana refuses and gets ready to go to war with Rama. Rama builds a bridge to Lanka because they do not have Hanuman's powers. Rama's armies attack; on the second day Lakshmana leads the attack, but is wounded. Hanuman brings him medicine to heal him. It takes days for the battle to end until Rama and Ravana finally meet each other face to face. Rama then receives weapons from Indra and Rama uses the bow to slay Ravana. Rama grants a formal funeral be allowed for Ravana and he also makes Sita prove her fidelity before he accepts her again. He does this by fire, but she comes out of it not burned. They all return to Ayodhya where they celebrate and have a grand ole time. Even though Sita has proved herself, the people still talk about her which cause Rama to send her into exile. Sometime later, Rama ends up meeting his sons while he is performing a sacrifice. He ask them where he learned of the story and they say they learned it from Valmiki. Once he confronts Valmiki he realizes that they are his sons. Sita then returns to Rama one last time to claim her fidelity. She states that mother earth will take her if she has been true to Rama. Mother earth does take her and she disappears into earth.
Bibliography: The Divine Archer, F.J. Gould, 1911
(The Divine Archer: IEReadingGuide)
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