(Shurpanakha Ramayana: Wikimedia Commons)
- Bharata, Rama's brother finds out he was exiled but swears he will not take the throne.
- Bharata goes and finds Rama in the wilderness and tries to persuade him to take the throne by taking Rama's sentence, but Rama says nothing can change the commands of Dasharatha.
- Bharata took Rama's sandals as a symbol of his rule, and Bharata says he will be the acting ruler in a small village but the true throne is Rama's.
- Bharata meets a demon that was taken on that curse form when Rama got cursed into exile, but the demon could return to the celestial heavens once he was killed by Rama.
- Shurpanakha, Ravana's (demon king) sister, falls in love with Rama. She is ugly and misshapen, so she tries to seduce her by taking on a young, beautiful form but is unsuccessful.
- Shurpanakha tells her brother, Khara, that she was rejects, so he assembles an army in attempt to kill Rama.
- Rama won against and killed Khara.
Bibliography
"Indian Myth and Legend" by Donald A. Mackenzie
(http://ouocblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/pde-ramayana-surpanakha.html)
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