Reading Diary Part A
Rama arrives to Kiskinda to meet with Hanuman (Anjaneya). He
was in the form a little scholar boy which I thought was weird. I am not sure why
he chose that form, but is through form was a giant monkey for he was the king
of all the monkey in that land.
In this next section Hanuman is telling the story of Vali,
which is Sugreeva’s elder brother. Apparently he is a God-like figure and was blessed
by Shiva with unimaginable strength and speed. Interestingly enough, it is even mentions that then Vali passes by
Ravana even he is scared to death of him. I will have to highlight this and
maybe include Ravana’s fright of him in my later storybook. Continuing in the story Hanuman recognized
that Rama is an Incarnation of Vishnu and asked him to test his Archery to
prove he was capable. Rama feel sorry for Sugreeva and offers help to vanquish
Vali. On top of mountain Rama sees bleached bones and asks what it is. Sugreeva
then begins with Dundubi’s story.
Vali in the Ramayana
Source: Wikipedia
Vali kills Dundubi and throws his body on the Sage Matanga’s
sacred site. He then cursed Vali so that if he steps foot back on the land his
head will explode.
The Reading part where Sugriva fights Vali is my favorite
part of the book so far! It does such a good job at explaining the motifs of
Rama and Vali. Then Rama strikes Vali with an arrow at first he doesn't understand
why Rama would meddle in the affairs of two brothers, and at first I could
reason with him. In time, Rama explained that it was Vali who was seeing
unclear, and in the end he finally realized his wrong doing. If I decided to
retell this story then I can definitely see each side of the story.
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