Story of episode 47 -Oct 26 US

• Ravan meets Parashuram and says that he would like to help Parashuram in taking revenge against Sahastrarjun. Parashuram says that Ravan should honour his friendship with Sahastrarjun.
• After some thinking, Parashuram sends Ravan to help sage Matang.
• Matang does not need any help but to honour Ravan's wish, he tells him that he is troubled by Baali.
• Matang introduces a low caste woman Shabri to Ravan. Shabri is a very good cook. Matang and Shabri are worried that Ravan may not eat food cooked by Shabri because Shabri is of a low caste. Ravan says that caste does not matter to him as he wants equality.
• Ravan defeats Sugreev and other monkeys there. Then Baali and Ravan fight. Baali wins. Baali tells Sugreev that Ravan is mightier but Baali won because he sucked half strength of Ravan by using a boon granted to Baali.
• Ravan is not seen. Matang, Kumbhkaran and Baali are searching for him.
• Ravan is alone. He is wondering why he was defeated.

Dhumil continues the story:-
Parashuram comes to know of his father's death by Sahastrarjun. He gets angry and decides to fight Sahastrarjun. Parashuram's disciples ask him if they can also come along.
Parashuram - No. This fight is not only against Sahastrarjun but against inhumanity. Parashuram is himself a power. That power who can kill thousands of Sahastrarjun's. This power will eliminate such wicked people from the world. This is my vow. Jamadagni's son Parashuram's vow.

Parashuram goes to Jamadagni's ashram.

Dumil(to Ravan) - Parashuram has vowed to kill Sahastrarjun. His axe/
Ravan - And my sword also. These two will be raised against Sahastrarjun together.

Ravan goes to meet Parashuram. The yajna for providing peace to Jamadagni's soul is going on. Ravan joins the prayer. After some time Parashuram opens his eyes and sees Ravan.

Parashuram - This yajna will go on for 11 days.
Ravan - I could not stop myself from coming here when I heard the sad news. Before this, he made me captive.
Parashuram - But the outcome of that incident was good. Two powers became friends. Sahastrarjun and Ravan's friendship.
Ravan - But this friendship was my compulsion. I just obeyed my grandfather Pulstya.
Parashuram - No need to give any explanation. I have no problem with this friendship.
Ravan - But I have not accepted it with my heart.
Parashuram - When you have made friendship, then you should accept it.
(This is very noble. Parashuram is ready to be at good terms with Ravan even if Ravan is Prashuram's enemy's friend.)
Ravan - But he insulted me. So long I remember this insult, the friendship between him and me is not possible. I want to help you in taking revenge upon Sahastrarjun. I want to take revenge of the death of sage Jamadagni, who was like a father to me.
(Sahastrarjun cannot be blamed for Ravan's insults. Ravan himself went to Mahismati and desired to fight Sahastrarjun. Sahastrarjun fulfilled Ravan's wish.)
Parashuram - For whom?
Ravan - For you.
(Actually it is for Ravan himself. But Ravan does not want to accept it.)
Parashuram - I do not need your help because I am sufficient. When you have made friendship, then do not become a blot on that friendship. You fulfill your friendship and let me fulfill my enmity.

Ravan (thinks) - I have to take revenge upon Sahastrarjun anyhow.
Parashuram - If you want to help, then go to Tridisiyamul mountain and help sage Matang.

Ravan comes to sage Matang's hermitage. When Matang comes to know this, then he asks his disciples to be ready with their weapons.
Ravan meets Matang.
Ravan - Parashuram has sent me here.
Matang becomes happy on hearing this. He asks his disciples to leave them alone.
Matang - Sorry, I thought something else about you.
Ravan - Does Ravan always wage wars? If I had to do war, would I do against you? You are my ideal Parashuram's friend. Therefore, I respect you. I have been sent here to help you. Perhaps, you are in trouble.
Matang - No, there is no problem.
Ravan - Tell me without any hesitation.
Matang - Kiskindha's king Bali is my enemy. He wants to siege my hermitage.
Ravan - I will make him a prisoner and bring him in front of you.\
Matang tells Ravan how powerful Bali is but Ravan is confident of defeating Bali.
Matang calls a woman disciple Shabri and asks her to bring food for Ravan. Shabri hesitates because she is from a lower caste. Matang also thinks that Ravan may not like to eat anything brought by Shabri. He says this to Ravan.
Ravan - This means you do not know Ravan. Ravan wants equality, which transcends caste, creed and religion. Now, I will not go without eating food prepared by Shabri.
Shabri is thrilled to hear this. She thanks Ravan.
(The story of Ram eating bair(a fruit) given by Shabri is famous. May be creatives got the idea of Ravan eating the food from the story of Ram and Shabri. Or, may be there is really some version of Ramayan in which there is story of Ravan eating the food prepared by Shabri.)

In Kiskindha, Sugreev is instructing other monkeys to practice warfare. They have tail but considering the rest of their body, they look like human beings. Ravan comes there, attacks Sugreev from behind and holds him. Sugreev tries to free himself but is unable to. Other monkeys try to help Sugreev but they are easily defeated by Ravan.
Ravan - Accept your defeat, Baali.
Sugreev - You defeated me by cheating. But you can only dream of defeating my brother Baali. I am his younger brother. He is doing his evening puja. If you do not love your life, then I will take you to king Bali.

Sugreev takes Ravan to Baali. Baali is doing puja. He looks completely like a human being and not a monkey. Even his tail is not seen. Sugreev asks Ravan not to interrupt the puja. But Ravan does not listen and goes behind Baali. Baali sees Ravan.
Ravan - I want war against you. I will curb your ego. Your ego has become problem for sage Matang.
Sugreev - He has come here to test his strength, brother. Fulfill his wish.
Ravan - Not to test my strength, but I have come here to defeat you, Baali.

Ravan and Baali argue for some time. Then they are ready to fight. Ravan says that he does not want usage of any weapon and wants wrestling.
They wrestle. During wrestling, Baali's face becomes that of a monkey and his tail is also seen. I think this was shown to tell us that those monkeys could change form. Initially, Ravan seems to have upper hand. Then Baali looks at Ravan for some time. After that Baali easily defeats Ravan. Ravan accepts defeat but says that finally Ravan will definitely win.

Ravan leaves. Sugreev laughs at him. Baali asks Sugreev to keep quiet.
Baali - Ravan is mightier than me. Using the boon given to me, I sucked half of his strength and thus I won. In your eyes, I have won. But, in reality, I have lost. Hey Lankesh, Baali bows to your strength.

On his way, Ravan sees some people doing puja. He sees something, which makes him feel that they are pretending. He threatens them.

In his hermitage, Parashuram is explaining why he uses weapons.
Parashuram - Religion cannot be protected by begging. Therefore, I have picked weapons against injustice. For the secutity of entire humanity, I must kill Sahastrarjun. He killed great sage like Jamadagni. Before he kills another great man, I must kill him.

Matang meets Parashuram.
Matang - You sent Ravan to help me. I did not need any help but, to honour his wishes, I sent him to Baali. He was not only defeated, but he is also missing. I do not know where he went.
Parashuram - Do not worry about Ravan. I saw his ego and that is why I sent him to you. I knew the result already. Leave the rest on future.

Sage Matang(to his disciples) - I trust sage Parashuram completely. But it is our duty to search Ravan because he was defeated for my sake. It is a historic defeat.

In Lanka:-
Shukracharya - There is no news of Lankesh.

Kumbhkaran decides to meet Baali.
Malyavan - Request Baali to free Ravan if he has imprisoned Ravan. Do not challenge him.
Kumbhkaran - I cannot make request to enemies. If he has imprisoned my brother, then I will kill him.
Sumali - Your aim is to find Ravan and not to kill Baali.
Shukracharya - You should also think what you will do if you do not get any news of Ravan in Kiskindha.
Kumbhkaran - I will take decision depending on the situation.

Kumbhkaran meets Baali and threatens him.
Baali - I am also searching Ravan. Baali respects warriors and does not humiliate them. I am not Ravan's enemy. He considered me as his enemy. You search him. I will also search. Have patience. I am sure we will find him.

Ravan is alone. He is neck-deep inside water. He is wondering why he was defeated. He vows to convert this defeat into victory and also decides to find the answer to why he was defeated.
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Morales:-

• Caste, color, creed of a person are not important. Shabri was a great woman even though she belonged to a low caste.
• Do not be overconfident because of ego. Ravan was overconfident of defeating Baali.
• Respect good qualities of even your enemies. Baali won the wrestling but he still respected Ravan's strength.

Thanks for posting.I knew Bali had a boon but I don't know the details and I never knew Ravan met Shabri.

I have read various scriptures and never read any story of Ravan meeting Shabri. May be the creatives want to show that Ravan did not care about caste and therefore, they added this story. Or may be, this story is present in some version of Ramayan.

There is a story of Baali and sage Matang.
Mayavi and Dundubhi were brothers and they were demons. Dundubhi challengd Baali. Baali killed Dundubhi and threw his body. On the way, there was sage Matan's hermitage. The blood from Dundubhi's dead body fell in the hermitage. Sage Matang got angry. He cursed Baali that if he ever entered the hill(in which there was hermitage), then Baali would die.

Thanks a lot!!

I will change this right now!

Thx for the update and the discussion guys.


I knew about Bali's boon but the old ramayan had shown him wearing a necklace (is it???) that he got as a boon which allows him to take half the person's power who stands in front of him. (Hence Ramji shoots him from behind or something).

Also the story about Bali and Matang described by Akhal comes up when Sugriv goes to that hill to hide from Bali.

Yes, that necklace was given to him by Indra.