Reading Notes: Ramayana, Part D

 

Sita's test by fire

(Wikimedia: British Library's Mewar Ramayana)

Reading Notes, Part D

There were a few things that struck me while reading Part D. They are the following:

• Vibhishana told Rama Taranisen's weak point to kill him. Taranisen was Vibhishana's son. The fact that Vibhishana still put his Dharma first was commendable. 
• Hanuman and Angada stripped Mandodari's clothes off to break Ravana's meditation. I felt like this was very wrong of them. Isn't this the same thing that Kauravas did to Draupadi? 
• After the war, Rama told Sita to "go wherever she likes" cause he can't take her back??? Sir!!!
• Hanuman wrote a Ramayana on the leaves of a Banana-tree orchard and then went ahead to swallow the leaves cause Valmiki was crying as Hanuman's version of the Ramayana was better. Why? 

Source: Tiny Tales of the Ramayana by Laura Gibbs