Week 4: Reading Diary Part B Buck's Ramayana

Part B:
As we progress further into the story we reach the part that Dasharatha makes Rama his new succesor
This does not sit well for Manthara (Kaikeyi's servant) and convinces her that it would be a disaster.
Kaikeyi then uses two promises that were owed to her by Dasharatha. The first one was that Bharata be the new king, and that Rama get sent into the forest of exile for 14 years!

This part of the story was pretty much the same for. It is more clear now that I can read through things for a second time. A part that interests me is when Rama is banished for 14 years. He goes not even fight.If I were him I would be really scary.

Before they departed form Ayodhya, Rama, and Sita gave away all of their possessions.

Sumantra tells Dasharatha about Ram's departure and he starts to remember how Rama as a boy.
Dsharatha them dies.

I am having a hard time trying to find something  new to put into my diary! Most of it is just follwoing the same footsteps

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Rama with Sita and others

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Week 4: Reading Diary Part A: Buck's Ramayana

Part A:
I am not sure that it is in the other version of the Ramayana that we read, but I don't recal there doing a small part with Sauti and Saunaka in it.

This version is much more different than the other version! It is so much different that I hate to read the Reading notes multiple times over. One of the main major differences from Buck's version and Narayan's is the intro to the Ramayana. In Buck's version it starts thousands of years later with Rama and Sita already being the King and Queen. Rama exiles Sita due to rumors! Narada has Valmiki rescue Sita, and learn about the story of his two sons. Then he puts a curse on the hunter and he becomes a poet. Brahma comes down to teach Valmiki the poem of Rama (Which is the Ramayana! hence he is the original author who put the story together). It is definitely a very interesting way to introducte the Ramayana opposed to Narayan's version.
Another change that I notices were how the Rakshasas were introduced and created to be.

The rest of the beginning of the story fell into place like the other one.

Ravana continued his terror amonst the lang after he was granted immunity from the gods. One thing he forgot to mention was to have protection from the humans. Next we go thoough Ravana's other conquests.

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