Reading Notes: Ramayana Part C

Sita had been stolen by Ravana and lay in his prision quarters, still covered in the jewels from her kingdom. Ravana wanted her so he tried to convince her to be his wife, but she refused saying she was only to be with Rama, When Hanuman offered go save her after she was sentenced to months in captivity, she refused on the idea that she would touch no man besites Rama.

Hanuman devised another plan to save Sita, and started destroying things in Ravanas kingdom. When they captured him they forgot how Brahma weapons work, and the bond were not complete. But Hanuman decieved Ravana’s men into thinking he was captured so he could speak to Ravana.

Source: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

Image source: Hanuman, Rama, and Lakshmana attack Ravana

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