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Week 13 Reading C: Sita's Ramayana Comic Book


  • Reading C, pages 72 - 110
    • the war begins
      • most battles take place at night because that is when the Rakshasas are strongest
      • Sita would be told the outcome the next day by Trijatha
      • Indrajit, Ravana's son, a "powerful enchanter" summoned clouds to hide him while he fired arrows
        • the arrows turned to snakes (the Naga) and wrapped around Rama and Lakshmana, constricting them
        • Rama called for the aid of Garuda 
          • Garuda is a divine bird who serves the god Vishnu
          • The Nagas are an ancient enemy of Garuda because his mother had been enslaved by her co-wife who was the mother of the snakes
          • Indra, the lord of heaven at the time, promised Garuda that snakes would always be his food
          • Garuda came and devoured the snakes, setting Rama and Lakshmana free
      • Kumbhakarna
        • a giant and younger brother of Ravana cursed to sleep for 6 months of the year
        • Ravana needed him in battle so he sent a legion of musicians to make such a ruckus that he would have to wake up
        • when he awoke he was told of the war and how Sita came to be in Lanka
        • he said that his brother should give up because it was wrong to steal a woman against her will especially if she was another man's wife
        • Ravana would not give up and Kumbhakarna, who couldn't go against his older brother even though he disagreed, joined the fight 
        • Kumbhakarna was hungry from his long slumber so he devoured many Vanara and other animals that made of Rama's army
          • many went against him but were crushed
          • Rama finally confronted him
        • Rama invoked the powerful weapon, Brahma Astra - a missile that could destroy the entire world if Rama missed his shot
          • Rama did not miss and Kumbhakarna fell, cruhsing an entire legion of Vanara 
        • Sita comments that she could hear the women of Lanka crying and mourning Kumbhakarna
          • she says that even though he fought on the side of the enemy she could not help but mourn him because he had advised Ravana to let her go and gone willingly to his death 
  • Storytelling Notes: I really liked this part of the story because it contained both a giant, Garuda, and the Brahma Astra. I learned about the Brahma Astra during my Wikipedia trail last week and was really intrigued by the power of the weapon and I think it would make a great storytelling element. I also liked that  Garuda was in this part of the story because I am actually using him in the next installment of my storybook. I wanted a fearsome bird and Garuda is just that. I think I want to incorporate Garuda and the Brahma Astra into either my own version of this part of the story or write a new story using these elements.
  • Bibliography: Sita's Ramayana by Samhita Arni & Moyna Chitrakar (2011). Print. 
(Garuda Concept by derrickSong on DeviantArt)

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