Ramayana · Vol 1
The Arrow from Behind the Tree
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Hanuman comes down from Rishyamuka in disguise to meet two archers on the shore of Pampa. Rama is looking for his abducted wife, Sugriva wants to be free of the threat from his elder brother, Vali, and before a fire the two swear to help each other.
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- Ramayana
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- 14 chapters, 24,485 words
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- SI-assisted work
About this work
From the top of Rishyamuka, Hanuman sees two men dressed in bark cloth and carrying weapons on the shore of Lake Pampa. His king, Sugriva, a vanara driven out by his own elder brother, takes them for agents of that brother, Vali, and sends Hanuman down disguised as a mendicant. The man he meets is Rama, prince of Ayodhya, whose wife, Sita, has been carried off by the rakshasa Ravana. Hanuman carries Rama and his brother to the hilltop and lights a fire. Before that fire Rama and Sugriva swear friendship. Sugriva then brings out a bundle of yellow silk dropped from the sky by a woman. Inside are Sita's ornaments. Lakshmana recognizes only her anklets, because every morning he bowed at his sister-in-law's feet. Rama asks what he must do for his new friend, and Sugriva answers with one name. This novel retells the Kishkindha Kanda of Valmiki's Ramayana, in the Indian version.
