Reading Notes: Public Domain Ramayana, Part B

When Viradha abducted Sita and battling Rama and Lakshmana. Source

Public Domain Ramayana, link to the reading online.

• Bharata has no idea his father, Dasharatha died or that Rama was exiled
• Bharata wants to look for Rama
• Before Bharata can look for Rama, he must perform funeral rites for his father
• Bharata finds Rama in Chitrakuta
• Neither Rama or Bharata want to return to Ayodhya
• Rama gives Bharata his sandals to represent his absence
• Rama and Lakshmana battle a demon in the forest that abducted Sita
• Viradha, the demon, cannot be wounded by any sharp weapon
• The demon's real name is Tumburu and an ancient curse connects him to Rama
• Rama meets a sage named Agastya, one of the most famous of the Indian rishis
• Ravana's sister falls in love with Rama
• Rama obviously does not feel the same way about her because he is with Sita
• Rama suggests that she try to seduce his brother
• Ravana seeks Maricha's help to abduct Sita
• Sita is enchanted by a golden deer
• The golden deer is able to imitate Rama's voice
• Rakshasas have the ability to change their shapes
• Ravana disguses himself as a sage of the forst in order to get close to Sita when Rama and Lakshmana left her alone
• Jatayu, the mighty bird, does battle with Ravana because he tries to save Sita
• Ravana carries Sita into the sky and while being carried, Sita drops her jewelry in hopes that Rama will find it and he can track her down  
• Brahma is happy to see that his plan to destroy Ravana is going to play through Rama
• Ravana forces Sita to go with him to Lanka
• Brahma put a curse on Ravana so that he cannot rape Sita, this means that he tries to seduce her and she refuses to sleep with him
• Rama and Lakshmana find out what happened to Sita from Jatayu
• Rama and Lakshmana run into a woman named Shabari who has been waiting for them
• She said that holy men told her long ago that Rama would come to her
• The woman is caught in a time wrap
• Now that Shabari's destiny was complete, she asked Rama to perform her funeral rites

I definitely feel like this reading was a lot more dense than the part A but it definitely did have a lot more action. Part A was more focused on character and setting development.