Bapi Chitrakar
OTHER PATS OF RAMAYANA
Painter – Bapi Chitrakar
Transcript
Greetings! My name is Bapi Chitrakar.
I am a patua from the Pingla district.
I’ll be singing a pata song on the Ramayana.
Ram got married,
But following his father’s instructions, he left for a fourteen-year exile.
Ram led.
Sita followed him and Lakshman the archer walked behind them.
But Sita was unable to withstand the scorching sun and the warm sand.
Lakshman broke off a branch and used it as an umbrella to protect Sita from the heat.
They finally reached the forest of Panchavati.
There, Ram and Sita whiled away their time playing chess, while Lakshman guarded them.
There, Ram and Sita whiled away their time playing chess, while Lakshman guarded them.
That is when Surpanakha walked in, looking for flowers.
That is when Surpanakha walked in, looking for flowers.
But brother-in-law Lakshman chopped off her nose.
Surpanakha, with her mutilated nose ran back to her kingdom, Lanka
and started wailing in front of her brother, Ravana.
Witnessing his sister’s plight, the extremely intelligent. Ravana got furious.
He called upon Marich to chalk out a plan of vengeance.
Ravana asked Marich to visit the Panchavati forest
where Ram and Sita were playing chess, and Lakshman was guarding the door.
Marich took the form of a golden deer and enticed Sita with its beauty.
Ram chased down the deer and entered deep into the forest.
After some time, Sita could hear Ram’s shrill cries, pleading for help.
Sita immediately asked Lakshman to rush for help.
The latter said that he had been ordered by his brother to stay back and watch over.
Lakshman, however, had to leave on Sita’s request. But before leaving, he drew the threshold, which Sita was not supposed to cross.
Ravana came disguised as a hermit, begging for alms.
As soon as she crossed the threshold, Ravana dragged her away.
While he was trying to abduct her, Dasarath’s friend Jatayu flew in and tried thwarting Ravana’s attempt.
But he got fatally injured by Ravana and the latter was successful in abducting her.
He brought her to Lanka.
This is where the story on the abduction of Sita ends.
My name is Bapi Chitrakar and I am from Naya, Pingla, West. Medinipur.
Namaskar.