Chinmaya Vrindavan
Hari Om everyone,
We had a very energetic class today. We started with Om, opening prayer, recap, and then the next chapters.
Chapter 20
-Jatayu warns Ravana to not take Sita. He attacks Ravana.
-Ravana cuts Jayayu’s wings and takes Sita away.
-Sita tries to fight back. As they are flying over the land, Sita leaves a trail of her jewels.
-Ravana arrives at Lanka with Sita and takes her to Asokavana, a beautiful lonely garden.
-Ravana pleads with Sita to be his wife. Sita refuses.
-Ravana tells Sita she has 1 year to change her mind. If she refuses, he will eat her.
-Raksasis are asked to scare Sita and to try to change her mind.
Chapter 21
-Rama comes back to the hermitage and meets Laksmana.
-Rama asks Laksmana, “Why have you disobeyed me? Why did you leave Sita alone?”
-Laksmana tells Rama that Sita started crying, told him that he has evil intentions, and was ready to go into the pyre.
-Rama is very sad. He asks the trees, Kadamba, Asoka, sandalwood, if they have seen his Sita.
-Laksmana tries to reason with him. He tells Rama that he has endured his banishment, father’s death with courage and strength. He reassures Rama that surely a raksasa has taken Sita. They will go after the raksasa.
-They start to walk through the forest and see Sita’s broken garland, footsteps, broken sword, crown, dead charioteer and mules. They realize that there has been a struggle here.
-Rama sees Sita’s jewels and gets angry. Rama takes out his astras to destroy the world.
-Laksmana again calms him down and reminds him that he stands for love and good will. How can Rama destroy the world?
-They continue on in their search and find Jatayu bleeding.
-Rama and Laksmana wash his wounds and comfort him.
-Jatayu tells Rama that he is sorry that he could not stop Ravana and that Ravana has taken Sita south.
-Jatayu dies. Rama and Laksmana perform the last rites for the devoted Jatayu.
Chapter 22Chapter 22
-Rama and Laksmana are seized by the monster, Kabandha
-Kabandha has no head or legs, huge mouth in the stomach, long pointed teeth and one huge, red eye in the chest
-Rama and Laksmana cut off Kabandha’s arms
-Kabandha is released from his curse by a Rsi that he tried to scare
-Kabandha is liberated by Rama- he asks Rama to burn his body.
-Kabandha turns into a heavenly form
MORAL of story- Kabandha’s arms represents the desires to fill our stomach for our own enjoyment. But when Rama chops his arms, he becomes divine.
Game- 1) we played game like shark/minnow but 1 child used his hands like Kabandha to capture them. They all took turns being Kabandha.
2) We went over what each child uses their hand to eat that is not good for them. Some of the responses were candy, lollipops, snacks.
Game 3- we played freeze dance with Veera Hanuman bhajan.
Game 4- concentrating on counting how many pebbles fall in the tin with their eyes closed.
There is no class next Sunday.
We will see you March 23rd.
With our Guru's blessings,
Kavita and Aastha
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