Week 5 Reading Diary A

Bharata disowns his mother

Vasishtha predicts that all of Kaikeyi’s future lives will be terrible and she’ll be terrible people; he also predicts that she’ll die before Rama’s return; both of these will only happen if Bharata doesn’t forgive her

The trees absorbed gold, silver and rubies from the dirt and displayed them in their bark

A crow attacks Sita; Rama shoots him, the arrow follows where he goes, he gives up and bows at Rama’s feet, he is allowed to live if he chooses to sacrifice a body part and he gives an eye

Sita acts like a poor, defenseless woman in the forest

Rama’s sandals would beat together if a case was wrongly judged before them

The people stopped using chariots and playing music in remembrance of Rama

Disturbing story about Vatapi and Ilwala on page 139

Valakhilyas are little sprite-like creatures

“Do not carry war with you, or by small degrees your mind will alter”—Sita pg 144

“Dharma leads to happiness, but happiness cannot lead to Dharma”—Rama pg 144

Indra is several different people who have succeeded each other? Not reincarnation, but like how one king replaces a dead or defeated king and both are king of that land?

“Agni put on a cape of fire and a hood of flames to keep himself cool”—page 150

Garuda can change his form, is really fast, becomes all-knowing

Snakes have split tongues because they licked sharp grass trying to gain immortality