- I liked seeing Bharata question Kaikeyi about why Rama left. He just could not believe that his brother would commit and atrocity that could get him banished from the kingdom. He was even more horrified to learn that he had simply been banished so that Kaikeyi could make him the king, and make him happy. Clearly he was not happy at all about it (pages 113-114).
- Wow, Bharata even called Kaikeyi a whore (page 114).
- I loved this line in the book: “The Sun had gambled away all its splendor, and Night spread over Earth” (page 121). Something about it is just so inticing.
- The scene where Viswakarman comes down and creates gardens, food, and buildings for Bharadwaja’s guests was really cool (page 123).
- Also, the fact that Lakshmana could just receive supplies from the plants in the forest, like needles, cloth, soap, medicine, etc. was also pretty awesome (page 126). I wish plants did that for me.
- And poor Sita just being attacked by a crow as she was when she was trying to have a nice day out with Rama (page 127).
- In the other version of the Epic, Rama and Lakshmana received Bharata suspiciously, but in this version they welcomed their brother (page 129).
- I have been interested in Dharma lately, so I really liked this quote, “Dharma leads to happiness, but happiness cannot lead to Dharma” (page 145).
- Also, it’s cool that the ocean used to be milk (page 147).
- Whaaaat, and the story is interrupted by Sita being abducted by a cursed god that was turned into a Rakshasa (pages 154-156)!?
- Buck really made Surpanakha sound ugly. Also, the interaction between here Rama and Lakshmana was a bit humorous (pages 156-157).
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