Ravana decides to abduct Sita and using trickery and magic arrives at the home of Rama and Sita. There he tells Ravana of Surphanaka’s disfigurement, of Khara’s death, and Sita’s beauty. This soldier flees to Lanka, the island kingdom of Ravana, Surphanaka and Khara’s brother. But the two brothers destroy the entire force and only soldier escapes with is life. Surphanaka flees to her brother Khara, who arrives at Rama and Sita’s home with his army. Seeing this, Lakshmana cuts off her nose and drives her away. There, Surphanaka, a female rakshasi or demoness is attracted to Rama and approaches him. In the forest, the three meet many sages and ultimately settle down. Sita and Lakshmana accompany him, refusing to be parted from his company. Rama thus leaves Ayodhya and heads into the forest. Dasharatha is heart-broken and having given his word earlier, has no choice. Kaikeyi uses these two boons and asks Dasharatha to make Bharatha king and banish Rama for 14 years into the forest. Kaikeyi had once saved Dasharatha’s life in battle as his charioteer, and he had granted her two boons to ask whenever she wished. Kaikeyi is hypnotized by these words and decides to use two boons she Dasharatha owes her, to get what she wants. She plants the idea in Kaikeyi’s mind that unless Bharatha is made king, neither Bharatha nor Kaikeyi will be safe in Rama’s hands. She seeks to increase her influence in court through her mistress, and begins to poison Kaikeyi’s mind about Rama and Kausalya’s evil intentions. Everyone looks forward to this event except Manthara, an old hunchback lady in the employ of queen Kaikeyi. Rama is made the crown prince and arrangements are set to crown him as king. Once Rama comes of age, Dasharatha wishes to retire and hand over the kingdom to Rama, who is loved by all. In legend, Sita is said to be the daughter of Bhudevi or mother earth, and Janaka is said to have found her while tilling the land. Rama marries Sita, the daughter of Janaka, the king of Videha.
The four sons grow up into fine young men and are tutored by the greatest rishis, including Vasishtha, the raja guru.
Sumitra gives birth to Lakshmana and Shatrugana. Kausalya gives birth to Rama, Dasharatha’s eldest son. He is the king of Ayodhya and has three wives – Kausalya, Sumitra and Kaikeyi. Print versions of the Ramayana are also available on Flipkart in India and Amazon in the US.įlipkart sells: the Ramayana by Rajagopalachari, Ramcharit Manas by Tulsidas (Hindi), and the Amar Chitra Katha Ramayana comic.Īmazon sells: Rajagopalachari’s classic version.īe sure to check out the public domain books page for more puranas, epics and other interesting books to download.ĭasharatha is the son of Aja, and a descendant of Raghu and Dilipa.
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