Reading Notes: PDE, Part C

Reading Notes for Part C: When Hanuman finally finds Sita, he makes a ruckus to try to save her. Ravana gets his servant, Jambumali, to kill Hanuman but Hanuman comes out victorious. To try to save Sita, Hanuman battles many rakshasas and comes out victorious until he battles Indrajit were he captures Hanuman. The rakshasas tie him up with two layers of cords and bark, but instead of tying him up tighter, the rakshasas actually loosen the cords on Hanuman but he did not tell them that. Hanuman is then brought to Ravana in which Hanuman tells Ravana the reason why he was in Lanka in the first place. Ravana, furious, decides to set Hanuman's tail on fire. As the rakshasas set his tail on fire, Hanuman asked to be shown around the city. As Hanuman was lead around Lanka, Sita heard about the fact that Hanuman's tail was set on fire and she to heal him, she prayed to the Fire and the flame subsided. As the fire began to die down, Hanuman devised and succeeded with the plan of burning down Lanka. After Hanuman burned down Lanka, he searched for Sita to make sure she was safe. Hanuman found her safe near a tree and told her that Rama was going to save her. Hanuman returned to King Sugriva and Rama with good news and insight on the city of Lanka. With this insight, King Sugriva and Rama led an army to march to Lanka to save the beautiful Sita. As Ravana waits for Rama, he debates on whether on not he should battle Rama or just give Sita back to him to avoid battle. Ravana's court advises him to battle Rama, but it is Ravana's younger brother, Vibhishana, that goes against the majority. Ravana becomes mad at Vibhishana which makes Vibhishana leave Lanka to join forces with the great Rama.


Bibliography: Public Domain Edition of the Ramayana by Laura Gibbs (Chapters 55-60 - link)

Hanuman and Ravana fighting. Source: Wikimedia Commons