DIVINE INFORMATION 2-41 VISHNUPURAN* - VOLUME 19 ||
Episodes 95 to 102 Episode 95 Shri Ramvisits mother Kaushalya for her blessing when Sumant tells them aboutKeykayie’s order that Bharat is to be the king and Ram’s exile for 14 years.Shri Ram meets Kaykayie and asks for blessing. Upon Dashrath’s request torevolt, Shri Ramreminds his duty to keep his father’s promises to Kaykayie. Episode 96 Sitaconvinces the queen Kaushalya to let her accompany Ram to the forest. Sumitrameets Kaushalya and requests to question Kekayie’s decision. Kaushalya advisesagainst such an action as thiswould be against Raghus tradition who never go back on their word. Episode 97 Lakshmandecides to accompany Sri Ram to the forest. Sri Ram dons the saffron robes ashe prepares to leave for exile. Sita also joins Ram and discards her royal robeand ornaments except“chudamani” given to her by kekayie. Episode 98 Sita assumesUrmila too will be accompanying Laxman but is informed otherwise as Laxman isgoing as a servant of Rama and did not want to burden his master. Sita admires her for her sacrificeand big heartedness. Episode 99 KingDashrath is hurt to discover Sita and Laxman are also going to the forest withShri Ram. He tries to dissuade them but they convince him they are duty bound.Queen Kekayie tells them it is a wise decision as this will not leave anychance of a revolt against Bharat. Sri Ram assures Keykayie that any revoltagainst Bharat would have to reckon with him first. Dashrat is heart broken and promises never tosee Kekayie’s face again. Episode 100 Vishadraj isupset to see Ram, Sita and Laxman in saffron robes. Shri Ram tells him to havefaith in King Dashrath. Bharat and Shatraghun take leave from their maternalgrandfather. King Dashrath is ashamed to cause so much grief to Kaushalya andSumitra. He waits anxiously for his prime who has sent to get Shri Ram. Episode 101 Shri Ram thanks Vishadraj for helping him crossthe river.The prime minister arrives but Shri Ram refuses to return and tells him to takecare of the king and Ayodhya. Keykai assures herself of her decision. LordShiva tells Devi Parvati why Kind Dashrath had to keep his word given toKeykayie and how Vishnu has incartedhimself as Ram. Episode 102 Dashrath dies with Ram’s name on his lips.Keykayie laments that he died before prince Bharat’s coronation. Keykayie arrives to see Dashrath but is not allowed to entersince it was Dashrath’s last wish. Bharat and Shatrughan are stunnedto learn about their father’s death. Bharat is dumb founded when he finds outthat he is to be coronated instead of Ram. He refuses to be coronated and decides to meet Shri Ram VISHNUPURAN* - VOLUME 20 || Episodes 103 to 109 Episode 103 Bharat isstunned to find out that his mother is responsible for Ram's exile. Bharat'sgrief is further enhanced when he learns that his father, King Dashrath, hasdied. Manthra tries to convince Bharat that his motherdid this to make him the king. He scolds and accuses her of being the mainculprit. Sage Vashishth asks Bharat to perform the last rites of hisfather. Episode 104 Sita feelsthat some calamity has happened in Ayodhaya. She tells Ram of her dream of KingDashrath leaving the palace in Sanyasi robe. Ram suggests to Sita that this maybe the case as Dashrath has taken Sanyas after Bharat's coronation. Queen Kekai blames herself forher husband's death. Kaushalya takes Kekai to participate in the last rites,but the PrimeMinister stops her on the plea that this was Dashrath's last wish. Episode 105 Dashrath iscremated and and Kekai laments before his ashes. Sri Ram and Laxman reachPrayag, where all the three rivers, Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati meet. Sri Ramremembers Guru Vashishthtelling him about Sage Bhardwaj's Ashram in Prayag, so he decides tomeet the great sage. In Ayodhaya, Bharat refuses to be coroneted and decides togo to meet Sri Ram and bring him back. Episode 106 Bharatvisits Kekai and asks her to accompany her to the forest to bring Sri Ram home.Maharaj Janak and his wife Sunaina are stunned to learn about Sri Ram'sexpulsion from Ayodhaya and Bharat has gone after Sri Ram with huge army. Fearing the worst, he toodecides to go to the forest to protect Sri Ram. Sri Ram plans tovisit Sage Valmiki in Chitrakoot. Episode 107 Aftermeeting Sri Ram, Sage Valmiki shows his manuscript of the life of Sri Ram.Shri Ram remembers the time he met Sita in the Royal garden and is sorry to seeher roaming in the forest with him. Sita assures she is happy to be with him.Laxman learns about Bharat's army and prepares to confront him. Sri Ram assures Laxman thatBharat hasn't come to invade him. Episode 108 Sri Rammeets Bharat and is saddened to learn about King Dashrath's demise. Indra andVarun along with other gods are concerned that if Bharat succeeds in taking SriRam back to Ayodhaya, who will kill the tyrant Asur Ravan. Brahma assures themthat Lord Vishnu hasre-incarnated as Sri Ram to show the human beings the importance ofthe family values and to set an example of perfect human being. Sri Ram insists on honoring his father's word bynot returning to Ayodhaya. Bharat takes Sri Ram's wooden sandals to place them on thethrone, as a symbol that Sri Ram is still the ruler. Episode 109 Sri Ramdecides to make Panchvati forest as his next abode. Jatayu appears in the skyand flys down to greet them. Jatayutells them how King Dashrath had saved him from the demons. Jatayu escorts themto Panchvati. Ravan decides to visit his brothers Khar and Dhushan with hissister Shrupnakha. Vibhushan tells Ravan about hispremonition that he will be faced with danger and discourages him to leaveLanka. Ravan delays his departure while his sister decides to visitalone. Khar Bhushan's demons harrass some sages and Sri Ram kills the demons.Trishira arrives after being wounded by Sri Ram and tells them about thisinvincible human. Shrupnakhadecides to go to Panchvati. She finds Sri Ram looks divine and isattracted towards him. Shrupnakha tries to lure Sri Ram, who tells her that he is married and in goodhumor suggests her to try her luck with Laxman. I willcontinue in next posting. Information stored in my laptop and posted to googlegroups on 19-12-2021 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/1180439993.2438982.1639884388050%40mail.yahoo.com.
