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"We bow to the cuckoo of Vaalmeeki that rests on the branch of poetry and gives out the sweet cooing of the beatiful sounds of "Raama" , "Raama" for our pleasure. "
ARANYA-KAANDA or AARANYA-KAANDA
( The third book of the Raamaayanam )
( The R in this name is a consonant. both the Ns are pronounced hard like 'n' in 'turn'. The Y is a consonant and is pronounced like 'y' in 'you' . The D is pronounced soft like 'd' in 'dump'. )
Aranya-Kaanda is the third Kaanda in the Raamaayanam. The Kaanda is named so because it describes the incidents that happened in the forest (aranya=forest) during Raama's stay there.
The Aranya Kaanda describes the following main incidents in the epic.
- Raama settles in the hermitages in the forests
- Raama meets the sages in the forest
- Slaying of demon Vviraadha,
- Raama meets sage Sharabhanga,
- Raama assures safety to the sages and meets sage Sutheekshna,
- Raama spends ten years at various solitaries and returns to Sutheekshna's hermitage,
- Raama visits the sage Agasthya's brother (Sudarshana),
- Raama meets sage Agasthya and obtains powerful divine weapons from him ,
- Raama goes to Panchavati in Janasthaanam in the Dandaka forest,
- Raama meets the bird-king Jataayu,
- Demoness Shoorpanakha accosts Raama,
- Laksmana deforms Shoorpanakha's face,
- Shoorpanakha complains to Khara and demands him to kill Raama ,
- Raama slays the demons Dooshana, Thrishiras and Khara along with their fourteen thousand force,
- Akampana reports destruction of forces at Janasthaanam and advices Raavana to abduct Seetha,
- Raavana seeks Maareecha's help to abduct Seetha,
- Maareecha reprimands Raavana for the thought of antagonizing with Raama and sends him back,
- Shoorpanakha goads Raavana to abduct Seetha,
- Raavana again approaces Mareecha for his help and threatens with life when he first denies,
- Maareecha decoys Raama and Lakshmana from Seetha,
- Raavana approaches Seetha in the guise of a mendicant and abducts her,
- Seetha cries for help as Raavana carries her away,
- Seetha invokes Jataayu for help,
- Jataayu comes to rescue Seetha and fights with Raavana till his own fall,
- Seetha drops her ornaments and garment at a small group of Vaanaras on a hill,
- Raavana secures Seetha in Ashoka grove in Lanka,
- Raama laments about missing Seetha,
- Raama and Lakshmana search for Seetha,
- Raama and Lakshmana meet the dying Jataayu and learn that Raavana abducted Seetha ,
- Raama and Lakshmana slay Kabandha relieving him from his curse,
- Kabandha advises Raama to make friends with the Vaanara chief Sugreeva at Rishyamooka hill,
- Raama and Lakshmana reach the Pampa lake looking for Sugreeva.
"We bow to the cuckoo of Vaalmeeki that rests on the branch of poetry and gives out the sweet cooing of the beatiful sounds of "Raama" , "Raama" for our pleasure. "