RLG310H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Sugriva, Vibhishana, Ravana
Document Summary
Yuddha kanda war book and guts of the ramayana. Yuddha kanda was twice the length of the ayodhya kanda. Starts and ram and people go to lanka and try to cross. Narration is linear but goes back and front between two points of views. Reports that rama is just across the ocean. Advisors saying to just go and defeat rama. Ravana sends spies and they are caught. Vibhishana and monkey army want to kill spies. Ram says no and let them report back to ravana. When they report back, ravana says how dare you say good things about rama. Although ravana is great king, yet he is blinded. People tell him to let sita go (cid:271)ut he does(cid:374)"t liste(cid:374). I(cid:374) ra(cid:373)a"s (cid:272)a(cid:373)p, vi(cid:271)hisha(cid:374)a goes to ra(cid:373) a(cid:374)d supports his (cid:272)a(cid:373)p. The vanara camp thinks he will attack or be a spy. So they climb up mountain ready to attack.
