Reading Notes: Ramayana D

Ravana and Lakshmana

• Lakshmana has just killed Ravana's son, and Ravana wants revenge
• Ravana throws a dart and hits Lakshmana in the heart
• Rama believes his brother is dead, and wants to join him
• Rama said a very beautiful quote about brotherly love, and that Lakshmana is best of all brothers and greatest of all heroes
• Loyal Hanuman races back to the Himalayas to retrieve medicine for Lakshmana 
• A doctor makes a paste and heals Lakshmana just in time
• The final lines explain what is happening with the rest of the battle: the ape army is gaining ground and destroying bits of the city along the way

*This week for my reading notes I wanted to focus strictly on plot and characters. I thought that a bullet-point list would be the most effective note-taking method for this goal.

Hanuman brings the Himalayas to heal Lakshmana

Source: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie (1913)