Rama Shoots Vali as Sugriva and Vali Fight: Wikipedia
Sugriva's older brother Vali was fighting a demon when he went down into a hole in the Earth.
When Vali went down there, he told Sugriva to wait at the opening until he returned.
Sugriva was faithful for a whole year. He stood by the hole for a year and Vali never came out.
Thinking that his brother was dead Sugriva, he placed a mountain over the hole and left for Kishkindha.
Vali was not actually dead. When he killed the demon, he came back to the hole to find it covered by a mountain.
It took him a while to get out.
Vali thought that his brother turned against him by trying to trap him so that he could take his throne.
He came at Sugriva with anger and Sugriva tried to explain what he was really thinking.
Vali did not listen and took Sugriva's wife.
Sugriva reached out to Rama to come help him get his wife back. Rama also knew what it was like to lose his wife. He knew the pain and was glad to help.
I could definitely use the elements of revenge from this story in my own story as well as the unbelief of Vali in Sugriva's truth.
Sugriva and Vali
Vali's wife Tara hears that Sugriva has teamed up with Rama.
She knows that Rama is powerful yet good.
She begs her husband to not fight.
She asks him to bring Sugriva back into the family
This story was written in the form of a poem. The line that stuck out to me was
"Make thy peace with young Sugriva, nearest and thy dearest kin;
Brother's love is truest safety, brother's hate is deadliest sin!
Brothers are supposed to be there for each other. Brothers are made to protect and strengthen each other.
Vali is stubborn and does not listen to his wife.
Vali's Death
Pride leads to the fall.
The brothers fought relentlessly as enemies.
This fight was brutal. Midway through, Sugriva was losing.
Rama, who was hiding in the shadows, felt bad for his new yet close friend.
Rama shot an arrow fast and low while hidden.
The arrow struck Vali with a fatal blow.
This story, like the last one was written as poetry. This might be a style I try this week. It is definitely a more difficult style of writing. If it goes poorly, I can write normally.
Bibliography
Sugriva's Story from Rama and the Monkeys by Geraldine Hodgson
Sugriva and Vali and Vali's Death from Ramayana, The Epic of Rama, Prince of India by Romesh Dutt
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