Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Week 4 Reading Diary A: Sauti Begins

p. 3
Sauti begins telling the story. While the storyteller has told many stories in the past, Saunaka demands a new story.

p.6
Rama is apparently going to have to get rid of Sita because his people do not approve of her. She must be saved since Rama is a great King.

P.7 
Valmiki's curse on the bird-hunter. Bird hunter ran but was dead anyway because of the curse. 

p. 9
Sita has Rama's twin sons, Kusa and Lava. Valmiki wrote Ramayana and taught it to the boys.

p. 13
Brahma says, "Think before and not after you act."

p.17 
Lakshmana is Rama's brother but also his company. Basically Rama's second self. We also see that Rama is the only man born knowing his own heart. Rama is a great and powerful king. 

P. 29
Why does Brahma want Ravana alive?

p. 48
Taste This Water. Rama and his brother are on their journey. Viswamitra taught the mantras of power and more power.

pg 59

Explains how it is the ending of Rama's youth and how his adulthood will begin




Sita and Rama (Source

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