Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Reading Notes: Narayan's Ramayana, Section C

4.03. Vali_Sugriva_fight


Image: Sugriva and Vali begin to fight. Source: Chithira Poomalai

by Romesh Dutt

  • poem format 
  • Rama and Sugriva are friends/allies 
  • Vali's wife Tara is begging her husband not to to start war
    • tells him that he doesn't know what strength and forces that Sugriva has
    • Tara tries to warn him that Sugriva has befriended Rama
    • "Conscious strength, not hesitation, speaks in voice so proud and high"
  • Tara urges Vali to make peace with Sugrive & become his companion 
  • "Brother's love is trust safety, brother's hate is deadliest sin"
  • Vali insists that he must fight Sugriva 
  • Tara begins to cry as she prays for Vali 
  • Vali then takes off to find Sugriva, "hissing like an angry cobra"
  • Vali tells Sugriva that he is going to kill him; however, Sugriva disagrees and says that it is Vali who is going to die 



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Rama hiding before he ambushes Vali and kills him. Source: wordpress

by: Romesh Dutt 
  • written in poem format again
  • both bleeding, but continue to fight 
  • Rama has been hiding 
    • In an ambush, he appears shoots his arrow at Vali 
  • Vali is hit with the arrow and falls and dies 


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