![]() (2) refers to Hanuman reporting on his finding of Sita in Ravana's garden in Lanka. Note that while every portion of Kamba Ramayanam oozes devotion to the Lord, it may not be fully accurate, for it is a recent retelling and there is obviously a lot of poetic freedom taken. As regards Rama's killing of Ravana, Kamba Ramayanam is said to describe the scene beautifully, and by the Wikipedia account to be experienced by reading! ![]() Even an adultress is purified when Rama's feet touches her. In (1), Kambar refers to Rama killing Ravana, and His (hands') prowess with the bow, while also beautifully referring to the sanctity of His feet in redeeming Ahalya from her curse. This, and another portion that I remember my father referring to a long time ago: ![]() For full disclosure, I have never read Kamba Ramayanam, but after hearing this beautiful small portion, I now want to. With Rama Navami just 4 days ago, I decided to simply write about Kamba Ramayanam. I began writing a rather long post titled "An Introduction to Vedic Philosophy in My Own Words", but as soon as I started I remembered a small portion of Kamba Ramayanam that I had read on a website a month ago. ![]()
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