Reading Notes - Part B of Ramayana

 For Part B of the reading for Week 3, I have decided to take notes over Bharata's Return.

Dasharatha has passed away from age and Rama is in exile. Rama is still not in his hermitage because of Bharata's mother, Kaikeyi. She used her two wishes to make Bharata king and not Rama. 

Arriving to Ayodhya, Bharata was told that Dasharatha has passed away and that Rama was exiled. Bharata was not content to hear the news and he began to cry on the floor. His mother, Kaikeyi, told him that he should not grief. Bharata was confused on the presence of Rama. Kaikeyi told him the entire story of what happened. She said that she did what she did for her son and that he should not sorrow because he is now the ruler. 

Bharata still was not content with the news. Essentially, he questioned the importance of being a ruler if he lost his father and his older brother. 

Bharata had mixed feelings over his mother now. He didn't want to take her life because he knew Rama would not have wanted him to do that. 

Rama's mother, Kaushalya reminds Bharata that the kingdom is now secured to be yours. She calls him ambitious. Furthermore, Bharata fell at her feet and promises that he will never sit on the throne. He also says that he will hurry to get Rama to return. 

I've read a few versions of this story. In some endings, Bharata places Rama's sandals on the throne. 

Bibliography:

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


Bharata attempts to go find Rama after being exiled from Image Library for MLLL-4993.


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