- Valmiki is telling the story (poet)
- Buck's tale begins by Rama exiled Sita because of gossip and then reverts backwards to tell the story of Ravana vs. Rama.
- Sita is sad and pregnant with Rama's twins when Valmiki is called upon to teach Rama's sons, Kusha and Lava, about their dad.
- Valmiki begins the story by telling them that Dasaratha had lived 6,000 years and was never blessed with any children, so he performed a sacrifice to get their dad and uncles.
- Meanwhile, the God's have created a monster, Ravana and go to Vishnu for help.
- Vishnu is reincarnated as Rama--> Dasaratha's first son
- Vishwamitra arrives at Ayodha when their dad was 16 asking for Rama's help with the rakshasas --> Ravana's race
- Vishwamitra describes the creation of the rakshasas and later the creation of Ravana
The Thorn in the World's side:
- Ravana and his 2 brothers and sister are born
- Ravana obtains his powers by "torchering" the gods but forgets to protect himself from mortals
- Ravana obtains Lanka for rakshasas
- Ravana kills a messenger sent by his dad, Vaishravana
- Ravana forces Manibhadra and Indra to surrender
- Indra cursed Ravana
- Ravana is captured by Shiva but later released because of his beautiful singing
- Haihaya people did not surrender and their king almost beat him
- Ravana's grandfather rescued him, Pulastya
- Ravana took all of the gods who had surrendered to Lanka as servants (Yama: God of Death, Vasuki and Varuna, Surya: sun, Chandra: moon, Indra)
- Ravana's son actually captured Indra while Indrani and Chitratha: beautiful singer, were saved
- Vishwamitra asks for Rama to come train in the forest for his destined fight against Ravana (Lakshamana accompanies them as well)
- Subahu is conquers during this journey but Maricha is only bowed in the heart and lives
- While Rama is traveling in the forest he restores Ahlaya to her former beauty
- Ahlaya was given all the beauties in the beginning and married Guatama
- Indra wanted her for himself so he disguised himself as Guatama and made love to her. However, Ahlaya wasn't fooled by the disguise and still allowed it to happen
- While Indra was leaving Guatama saw him --> he punished Ahlaya by passing out all of her beauty to other women and leaving her invisible
- Rama was the only one that could release her from this curse
- Once he did Guatama came back for her
- In Mithila, Rama breaks Shiva's bow in half winning him Sita as his wife
- Sita and Rama are soulmates (reincarnated Gods that were married)
- In doing this, Rama also won his three brothers King Janaka's other daughters as their wives as well
- King Janaka sent for King Dasarhata and they had an extravagant event
- Rama, Sita, and the other couples returned home to Ayodha where Rama grows close to King Dasarhata -> learning King traits
(Ahlaya bowing to Rama after he frees her from her invisible curse
photographed by Govardhan Wikimedia)
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