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62 Religious Books, The Ramayana, And The Mahabharata

The throne vanished in a moment. Sita entered the underworld.
People were astonished to see the scene of Sita's entering into the
underworld. People were repenting in grief. Rama did not want to
live anymore. He handed over the kingdom to his sons. The later
story is more painful. Lakshmana committed suicide in the river
Sarju.

Rama was very upset of Lakshmana's death. He also committed
suicide in the river Sarju. Bharata and Shatrughna also sacrificed
their lives in the water of the river Sarju. Afterwards all of them met
in the heaven with their divine body.

Exercise

1. Answer the following questions:
   (a) What is a Holy Book? Write down the names of the
   main Holy Books?
   (b) What are the Vedas? How many parts of the Vedas are
   there? What are they?
   (c) Write down the subject matter of the Adi Kanda and
   the Ayodhya Kanda of the Ramayana.
   (d) Write down the subject matter of the Sundara Kanda of
   the Ramayana.
   (e) Write down the subject matter of the Lanka Kanda of
   the Ramayana.
   (f) Write briefly the Ashvamedha Jagga of Rama.
   (g) Write down the subject matter of the Uttara Kanda of
   the Ramayana.