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Reading Notes Ramayana Part B

 Summary of Tiny Tales 51-100


        68. LAKSHMANA CHASES A BOAR

  • Lakshmana had tracked a wild boar through the woods
  • he tried to strike the boar but in fact, missed
  • he accidentally cut off the head of an ascetic, who was silently meditating
  • Lakshmana cried for what he did
  • then Indra appeared
  • Indra informed Lakshmana that the ascetic was meditating to gain the power to destroy Indra
  • Indra used the boar to lure Lakshmana to in fact kill the ascetic
  • then Indra disappears
        70.  SITA AND RAMA WANDER THE FOREST
  • one day sita and Rama traveled from camp
  • it was a very hot day
  • Rama offered to carry Sita
  • Sweat dripped from both of them on the ground
  • They noticed from their sweat saplings had grown
  • The saplings continued to grow and they noticed they began to bore fruit
  • Sita's were green fruits and Rama's were red fruit
  • They called them Sita-fruit and Rama-fruit
  • These fruits continue to grow in India today!
        71. INDRA TESTS LAKSHMANA
  • Indra wanted to test Lakshmana
  • So he sent a beautiful apsara to test him
  • Lakshmana chased her away
  • some of her hair was left behind on Lakshmana's clothes
  • Later Sita noticed some. of the hair and teased Lakshmana that he had found a new woman
  • Lakshmana proceeded to jump into the fire and did not burn
  • This proved his loyalty to his wife Urmila
        91. ANOTHER STORY OF HANUMAN
  • Anjana was an apsara
  • She was cursed to be sent to earth as a monkey
  • A shape-shifting monkey of many forms
  • Anjana put on a human form and walked across a mountaintop
  • Vayu, the wind-god spotted her and was captivated by her beauty
  • He introduced himself and told her he loved her
  • he told her she will bear his son
  • So she gave birth to Hanuman, the monkey-son of Vayu the wind-god
        93.  WHEN HANUMAN WAS HUNGRY
  • Hanuman's mother was Anjana
  • When he was born she left him in a forest
  • He grew to be very very hungry
  • One day he saw something he thought to be a mango in the sky
  • he flew up to try to reach it to eat
  • Then he realized it was the sun
  • Indra the storm god grew very angry and struck him with a bolt
  • He fell and broke his jaw
  • This is how he got the name Hanuman, Big-Jaw
Bibliography; Laura Gibbs, TINY TALES FROM THE RAMAYANA, Cite


(Rama and Sita illustrated by Flickr)


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