Summary of Tiny Tales 151-200
160. RAMA DUELS WITH RAVANA'S SON
- Ravana's son Virabahu was devoted to Vishnu (Rama)
- He saw Rama during battle and immediately bowed down to him
- he yelled "I am yours" to Rama
- He begged him to kill him with his sword so he could ascend to heaven
- Rama refused
- VIRABAHU promised to make Rama kill him
- They began to battle
- Rama's sword finally cut VIRABAHU's head off
- VIRABAHU's head kept chanting Rama's name
- VIRABAHU ascended into heaven
- Ravana was overwhelmed with all of. his failures
- he grabbed his sword and ran to the ashoka grove
- he scremed on and on about how Sita did all of these malicious things
- He promised to kill her himself
- Sita sat calmly and prepared for her death
- She regretted not letting Hanuman take her away
- she blamed herself
- an honorable rakshasa named Suparshva restrained Ravana
- He was told that Sita is not his enemy and his enemy is on the battlefield
- So finally Ravana went to go challenge Rama himself
- Rama's words made Sita feel very angry and ashamed
- She was sobbing and asking how he could have such little regard for womenkind
- She stated she was abducted by Ravana and she still kept her loyalty and she wanted to prove this to Rama
- She built a fire
- she then. prayed to Agni, the fire-god
- she prayed to prove her faithfulness by walking into the fire without buring
- she did so and Angi himself carried her out
- Rama was overjoyed with his wife's loyalty
- Sumitra told Lakshmana to go wake his wife Urmila
- She had been sleeping all the years he had been gone to keep him awake
- He awoke her and she wept tears of joy to finally be reconnected with her husband
- Rama was crowned king and Sita was his queen
- They were showered with flowers from heaven
- everyone was so happy
- After Rama's coronation, Sita honored Hanuman by gifting him a pearl necklace
- He began biting the pearls
- they began to crack and he looked inside
- Sita and everyone around laughed asking what he was doing
- He answered by saying he was looking for Sita inside the pearls
- he said that the necklace meant nothing to him if she wasn't inside
- people began to question how she could be put in a neckalace
- Hanuman answered by saying the same way they were in his heart
- he opened his chest and there sat Rama and Sita
- he then asked "are they not in your hearts too?"
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