Ramayana Mula sa Wikipediang Tagalog, ang malayang ensiklopedya Bahagi ng serye ukol sa Mga kasulatang Hindu Mga Veda Rigveda · Yajurveda · Samaveda ·Atharvaveda Mga kahatian Samhita · Brahmana · Aranyaka ·Upanishad Mga Upanishad Aitareya · Brihadaranyaka · Isha ·Taittiriya · Chandogya · Kena ·Mundaka · Mandukya · Katha ·Prashna · Shvetashvatara Vedanga Shiksha · Chandas · Vyakarana ·Nirukta · Jyotisha · Kalpa Mahakavya (mga epika) Mahabharata · Ramayana Iba pang mga kasulatan Smriti · Śruti · Bhagavad Gita ·Purana · Agama · Darshana ·Pancharatra · Tantra · Akilathirattu ·Sūtra · Stotra · Dharmashastra · Divya Prabandha · Tevaram ·Ramacharitamanas · Shikshapatri ·Vachanamrut · Ananda Sutram Ang kahong ito: tingnan usapan baguhin Ang Ramayana[1], o "ang salaysay ukol kay Raghava Rama" o "ang mga ginawa ni Rama"[2] (marami pang ibang pangalang may karugtong na Rama, isang pamagat ng tao), ay isa sa dalawang pinakamahalaga at dakilang tulang epiko ng sinaunang India[2], bukod saMahabharata. Unang isinulat sa wikang Sanskrit – isang maagang wika sa Indiya – ng isang paham, o rishi, na si Valmiki noong mga 300 BK.[2] Naglalaman ang aklat ng mga 96,000 taludtod at nahahati sa pitong mga bahagi. Tungkol sa buhay ni Prinsipe Rama ang patulang salaysaying ito, na umalis mula sa Ayodha – ang kabisera ng kanyang kaharian ng Oudh sa hilagaing Indiya[2] – para hanapin ang kaniyang asawang si Sita na dinukot ni haring Ravana, isang dimonyo. Ibig ng bayaning-diyos na si Ramang sagipin si Sita mula kay Ravana. Nagtagumpay si Rama sa pamamagitan ng pagtulong ng hari at hukbo ng mga unggoy. Bagaman nasa kalahati lamang ng haba, at hindi kasingsigla, ng Mahabharata ang Ramayana, isa pa rin ito sa mga pinakakilala at pinakahinahangaang mga mahabang tula. Maraming ganitong mga uri ng salaysayin ang nalalaman ng mga taong Hindu, anuman ang kanilang mga pananaw.[1] Maraming lumabas na mga bersiyon ang aklat, at naisalinwika sa lahat ng mga pangunahing wika ng mundo. Mga nilalaman [itago] 1Kahalagahan at panahon ng pagsulat 2Salaysay 3Ibang mga bersiyon 4Mga bahagi 5Mga sanggunian Kahalagahan at panahon ng pagsulat[baguhin | baguhin ang batayan] Maraming sari-saring mga pananaw hinggil sa panahon ng pagkakasulat ng Ramayana. May ilang mga taong naniniwalang naisulat ito noong 2,500 mga taon na ang nakalilipas, ngunit may ilang nagsasabing isinulat ito noong mga 1,800 taon lamang ang nakararaan. Sumasang-ayon naman ang lahat na napakatanda na ng aklat at kinatha bago ang Mahabharata. Bantog pa rin magpahanggang-ngayon ang Ramayana. Tuwing taglagas, isinasagawa ang ang dulang Rama, ang Ramlila, sa kapistahan ng Dassehra. Ipinapakita rito ang isang malaking wangis ni Ravana, na sumasagisag sa pagtatagumpay ng liwanag laban sa kadiliman. Salaysay[baguhin | baguhin ang batayan] Paglalarawan ng Labanan sa Lanka, isang labanan sa Ramayana. Pinaniniwalang si Raghava Rama ay ang diyos na si Vishnu, na nagkatawang tao at pumunta sa mundo upang sagipin ang daigdig mula sa kasamaan. Naglalahad ang pitong aklat ng Ramayana ng kuwento ni Rama: kung paano niya nakamit ang "kamay ni Sita" o ang pag-ibig ni Sita na isang anak na babae ng isa pang hari sa pamamagitan ng isang patimpalak. Noong una, naging maligaya sina Rama at Sita, ngunit napaalis si Rama mula sa kanyang kaharian at napilitang mamuhay sa isang gubat, kasama si Sita at si Lakshamanan, isang lalaking kapatid sa magulang ni Rama. Habang nasa gubat sila, tinangay ng dimonyongharing si Ravana ng Lanka si Sita patungo sa kanyang sariling kaharian. Nagawang maibalik nina Rama at Lakshamanan si Sita sa pamamagitan ng tulong ni Sugriva, ang hari ng mga unggoy, at ng heneral nitong si Hanuman. Nagbalik sina Rama at Sita sa kanilang kaharian ng Oudh. Muling naging hari si Rama.[2] Ibang mga bersiyon[baguhin | baguhin ang batayan] Mayroon isang bersiyong Tamil ang aklat na nasulat sa pagitan ng ika-9 at ika-10 daantaon, na isinulat ng manunulat na si Kamban. Kilala ang Ramayanang Tamil na ito bilang Iramavataram o "ang pagdating ni Rama." Noong ika-16 daantaon, sumulat ang manunulat na si Tulasidas ng bersiyong Hindu ng Ramayana at tinawag na Ramacharitmanasa. Sa loob ng maraming mga daantaon, nakarating ang salaysay ukol kay Rama sa ibang mga bansa, katulad ng Indonesia at Malaysia. Mga bahagi[baguhin | baguhin ang batayan] Tinatawag na mga aklat ang iba't ibang bahagi ng Ramayana. Nakatala sa ibaba ang pitong aklat na ito: Aklat Pamagat Kahulugan 1 Balakand Aklat ng pagkabata o kabataan. 2 Ayodhyakanda Aklat ni Ayodhya. 3 Aranyakanda Aklat ng mga kagubatan. 4 Kishkindhakanda Aklat ni Kishkindha. 5 Sundarakanda Ang aklat na maganda. 6 Yuddhakanda Ang aklat ng digmaan. 7 Uttarkanda Ang huling aklat. Mervin Jommel T. De Jesus Filipino IV IV – Pilot (TVC) ng Istorya nina Rama at Sita Ito ay isang istorya ng isang Prinsipe na nagngangalang Rama at ang kanyang asawang si Sita. Si Prinisipe Rama ay anak ng isang magaling na hari at inaasahan siya ang susunod na hari balang araw. Pero ang pangalawang asawa ng kanyang ama ay ginusto na ang kanyang anak ang maging hari kaysa kay Prinsipe Rama at nilinlang nito ang kanyang asawa upang mapalayas si Prinsipe Rama at ang kanyang asawang si Sita na manirahan sa gubat. Pero hindi ito ordinaryong kagubatan. Ito ang kagubatan kung saan may mga demonyong naninirahan. Isa na dito si Haring Ravana. Si Haring Ravana ay may dalawampung braso at sampung ulo. Kung saan mayroong dalawang mata sa bawat ulo at may matilos na dilaw na ngipin. Nang makita ni Haring Ravana si Sita, nagustuhan niya ito at napagdesisyunan niyang kuhanin ito. Naglagay si Haring Ravana ng isang magandang usa sa kagubatan. Nang makita ito ni Sita tinanong niya si Rama kung maaari niyang hulihin ito para sa kanya at gawing alaga. Gayunpaman nang si Rama ay mapabaling ng tingin. Nagkaroon ng pagkakataon si Ravana upang makuha si Sita at sinakay ito sa isang halimaw. Kahit na natatakot si Sita, siya ay naging matalino. Bilang isang prinsesa suot niya ang madaming alahas. Gumawa siya ng paraan at bawat piraso ng kanyang alahas ay tinatapon niya upang siya ay matagpuan ni Rama. Nalaman ni Rama na siya ay nalinlang. Dumating ang kanyang kaibigan si Hanuman, ang hari ng mga Unggoy. Sinabi ni Hanuman kay Rama na ang lahat ng mga unggoy ay tutulong sa kanya upang mahanap ni Sita. Nakita ng isang unggoy si Sita sa isang madilim na isla na napapalibutan ng mga bato. Lumipad si Hanuman patungo kay Sita upang masiguro niya na Sita talaga ito. Binigay ni Sita ang huling magandang perlas para pagpapatunay kay Rama na siya ito at siya ay natagpuan na. Tinulungan ulit ng mga unggoy sa pangalawang pagkakataon si Rama sa pamamagitan ng pagtapon ng mga bato sa dagat upang makagawa sila ng tulay patungo sa isla. Si Rama at ang kanyang mga kaibigan ay nakipaglaban sa mga demonyo hanggang sa sila ay manalo. Hanggang sa kinuha na ni Rama ang kanyang pana, ito ay espesyal na ginawa upang matalo ang mga demonyo at tinira niya si Ravana sa puso na ikinamatay nito. Nagkaroon ng malaking pagdiriwang ng sina Rama at Sita ay makabalik sa kaharian. Lahat ay naglagay ng ilaw sa kanilang mga bintana at pintuan upang ipakita na ang liwanag ng katotohanan at kabutihan ang makakatalo sa kadiliman ng demonyo at pandadaya. 4 ( goes in and brings food)Ravana: ntsp ap ல th ங Nfh . [Sita comes out to give food and crosses safety line]Ravana: (Reveals himself) Mu HAHAHA…..!!!!!! Sita: Swami……………….. !!!.Lakshmana………………..!!! (Music 8) fh ப gh ற W ங f ள ! fh ப gh ற W ங f ள ! 8. When Seetha is taken Jathayu comes attacking Ravana -gets seriously injured. (Music 8 ENDS) Ravana leaves with Sita. Jatahyu: ah ர ந ? Nt ண lh ம ! Nt ண lh ம ! (Music 9) 9. Rama and Lakshmana come looking for Seetha and Jathayu tells that Ravana took Seetha.Rama and Lakshmana see Jatayu lying on the ground, trying to get up. Rama: v ன d el ந jJ ? [Lakshman tries to help Jatahyu] Jatahyu: ச jhit Ravanan fl த jp tp ட lh ன ! (…. Jatahyu turns and dies; Ram and Lakshman - worried faces) Narrator: Ah, my lost and loving Seetha! Writhing in a Raksha’s power ,As the lightning shakes and quivers in this dark tempestuous shower,Joyously from throne and empire with my Seetha I could part, As the stream erodes its margin, Seetha’s absence breaks my heart. (Hanuman enters) Here in the jungle the two brothers meet Hanumanthe son of Vayuputhra - the lord of winds,Who took the shape of an ape and Rama he worships 5 Overjoyed he on knowing R ama’s mission, Readily obliges to look for Sita and give the ring by Rama as a tokenSo did not he waste his time but took off to LankaHanuman the mighty went in search of Seetha. (Music 9 ends) 10. Hanuman is going to Lanka (BLUE SKY) - (Music 10)Narrator: Rama’s messenger and vassal, token from thy lord I bring, For the loved and cherished Seetha is to Rama ever dear,And he sends his loving message and his force is drawing near!Token from her raven tresses Seetha to the Vanar gave,Hanuman with dauntless valour crossed once more the ocean wave. Building of the bridge ( Music 11)Rama and Lakshmana cross the bridge (Music 12)Narrator: Ravana convened his Council of War, “Lis ten, Princes Chiefs and Warriors!speak your thoughts without a fear.But Vibheeshan deep in wisdom, — Ravan ’s youngest brother he, — Spake the word of solemn warning for his eye could farthest see: “ Pardon, king and honoured elder,What dark deed of crime or folly hath the righteous Rama done,That you stole his faithful consort unprotected and alone.Anger swelled in Ravan ’s bosom as he cast his blood-red eye “Ra ther dwell with open foemen or in homes where cobras haunt,Than with faithless friends who falter and whom fears of danger daunt! “ angry words thy lips have passed, answered Vibheeshan, 6 Speed thee now to thy destruction since all counsel is in vain! 11. War – (RED SKY WITH STROBE) Rama and Ravana (Music 13) (When Ravana falls dead strobestops and SKY turns to Blue mixed with Red) 12. (PINK AND BLUE SKY) ( Ravana’s brother Vibeeshana crowned Lanka’s King / All leave thestage)Narrator: Know, that Truth and Virtue in V ibeeshan’s heart,Made Lanka inherit a righteous king, (Music 14)(Conch and hewisi)(Crowning happens – Vibeeshana leaves) It was Rama the righteous who brought gladness to allAnd after long fourteen years in wilderness,The hero was pla ced on his father’s ancient throne! (Music 15 – Sita is brought to Rama andboth leave with others)(Decoration of stage happens)PALACE – BRIGHT LIGHTSPattabhishekam (Dance) (Music 16) (Melam / Nadaswaram together with Sri Jayaram) The End Note 1: RAMAYANAM – The Indian Epic which has, for the past 3000 years or more, influenced millions of lives in theEast and the West is now before us bringing forth the young Rama in all his capacity to bear with the conditionscreated by the dear ones around him which demanded him to give up the crown and go into exile for fourteenyears in the thick jungles. Young Rama as a child was fully prepared to accept the conditions in obeisance to hisfather – King Dasharatha – and never uttered a single word against the order which proved of his respect andloyalty to the elders. It is the sheer spirit of love that Rama radiates to all those around him and even for Ravana – his enemy who abducted his dear wife. Rama is no one but the sum total of right thoughts and deeds. Hisconcern was the inner beauty and calmness of life for which Sita and Lakshmana contributed immensely. It wasthis inner power that proved Rama as a strong personality even among the divine beings . The play enshrines all 7these wonderful virtues that Rama possessed and finally delivers the magnificent result that one gains out of allthese good qualities. The One who was expelled was finally called back to bear the crown which is the beginningof Dharma Rajyam or the Righteous State. It is only the inner discipline of the child that could bring this kind of amiraculous result which brings joy and happiness to everyone around him or her. Note 2: This play was done after a serious research into different versions of Ramayanam and especially,Valmiki ’ s and Kamba ’ s Ramayana versions influenced this production immensely. Note 3: This play has its bilingual expression through Tamil and English Monomyth Home | Sunjata| Ramayana|Yamato Ramayana Shadowplay Script: Written and performed by Donna Kasprowicz' 6th grade class at Corte Madera Middle School, Portola Valley, California. Short project: Instructions for building shadow puppets to use with overhead projectory. Longer project: Making Ramayana puppets in wayang tradition of Southeast Asia. pictureGather round my children, and I, the great sage Valmiki, will tell you a tale. It is a tale of bravery, courage and adventure; an epic filled with intriguing characters and bloody battles. It is a story of goodness, balance, and righteousness. It is the story of Rama. It starts in Ayodhya, the jewel among cities. Within this city nobody was hungry, nobody was poor, every woman was faithful to her husband, everybody knew their role in society, everybody was learned in the Vedas, and everybody was happy. And so, at this point, the heroic adventures of Rama truly begin. However, one person in Ayodhya was not happy. It was the king, Dasaratha, and he lamented his lack of sons to carry on the royal line. He presented his problem to the royal sages, and one had an idea. "We must, King Dasaratha, perform a horse sacrifice as prescribed in the Vedas, and if it pleases the gods, they may grant you sons." The king was pleased with this idea, and ordered the preparation to begin at once. At the same time, the gods were discussing Ravana, the vile, disgusting demon king with 10 heads and 20 arms. Ravana was terrorizing the sages and ascetics by having his minions disrupt the sacrifices, and destroy the peace and quiet the holy men needed to have in order to meditate. The gods could not kill Ravana because a long time ago, Brahma had granted him a boon. This boon protected Ravana from all gods, demons, celestial beings, and the like. However, because Ravana believed that no monkey or human could kill him, he did not ask for protection from the beings of the human or animal world. So to remove this thorn from the gods' sides, Vishnu, the protector of the universe, decided to be reborn as a human. Back on earth, Dasaratha was performing his horse sacrifice. He was chopping up a perfect white horse with three knives, and with the greatest care, threw the pieces into the fire. As he put the last piece in the fire, a celestial being in white robes appeared. The being, in a mellow and throaty voice, spoke these words, "King Dasaratha, the gods are pleased with your fine sacrifice. In order to honor your wishes here is some sacred porridge." The divine creature handed Dasaratha a bowl with a thick, white substance inside. Then, when the king had returned his attention to the god-like being, it uttered these instructions, "You must give this divine drink to your wives, and then, they in turn, will produce sons." The king was overjoyed at this news and hurried to give the porridge to his wives. The great king divided the porridge among his three major wives, and to them four sons were born. Rama was the eldest and was born to Kausalya; Bharata was born to Kaikeyi; and Lakshmana and Satrughna were born to Sumitra. They all excelled in the art of war, were taught politics and history, and were well learned in the Vedas. When Rama was barely a teenager, the great sage Visvamitra visited the court and made a demand of the king. "King Dasaratha, I intend to take your eldest son, Rama, to the forest in order to kill the demons that are harassing us." Rama was the king's favorite son, and the king tried to bargain with the holy man, but it was to no avail. Because Rama and Lakshmana could not bear to be separated, they both immediately left for the forest. Once inside the forest, Visvamitra took them to Tataka, the terrible demoness. She was hideous in form, and enormous. Around her neck was a human skull. She threw enormous rocks at them while hovering above them and changing shapes. "We must not kill her," instructed Rama, "for she is a woman, and it would not be right to slay a woman." But Tataka would not give up, and so Lakshmana pierced her heart with a single arrow, and the gods praised them. When the threesome had returned to the sage's ashram, Visvamitra spoke in his deep, unwavering voice, "You have done well, sons of Dasaratha. As a reward for your valor I present you with these weapons." And he gave Rama and Lakshmana supernatural weapons, with amazing powers, and all a beautiful gold color. There was a quiver with an unlimited amount of arrows, arrows that could destroy entire armies, and bows that were so extremely powerful; one couldn't begin to contemplate their power and strength. Now that they had these weapons with an infinite amount of power, Visvamitra enlightened Rama and his brother on their next task. "You must stand vigilant, guarding a sacrifice from demons for six days and seven nights." So the brothers watched over the sacrifice the sages were performing, and guarded it. But there were no demons. Then, suddenly on the sixth day, which was the most important part of the ritual, hundreds of demons swooped down, flinging dead flesh and spitting blood. Lakshmana and Rama took aim, and whoosh, let their arrows fly. Every arrow found its mark and before long, every single demon had been utterly destroyed. picture With the grisly task finished, the brothers and the sage left the forest to go to the city of Mithila. The king of the city was in possession of a mighty bow, the Bow of Shiva, which was left in the city many eons ago. The king also had a daughter named Sita. Sita was born of mother earth and has all the qualities of a perfect woman and wife. She was fair, beautiful, kind, loving, and had a heart of gold. In order to win Sita's hand in marriage, a prince or king had to lift the great bow of Shiva and string it, but nobody could do it. After witnessing everybody's failure, Lakshmana convinced Rama to try his luck. As Rama approached the bow, a light seemed to shimmer from him. He grasped the great bow with one hand, easily lifted it up, and strung it. But when he tried to draw the bow, it broke with a sound like a thunderclap. In fact, the sound was so loud that all but the strongest men were knocked senseless by it. And to Rama's boundless delight, Sita stepped forward and put a garland of lotuses around his neck, which we all know means that she accepted his marriage proposal. They returned to Ayodhya, and got married. King Dasaratha realized that he was growing old and decided to give up the reign to his favorite and oldest son, Rama. The people of the city rejoiced when they heard the news, for they all loved Rama, too. But the maidservant to Kaikeyi, Manthara, convinced Kaikeyi that she would be better off if her son, Bharata, was king. So Kaikeyi approached Dasaratha and said these hateful words, "My husband, remember when I saved your life in the battlefield so many years ago? And do you remember that you granted me two boons at that time. The time has come for you to fulfill your promise! I want Rama exiled for 14 years and forced to live like an ascetic, and Bharata to be made king!" Dasaratha replied in anguish to her venomous words, "Oh woman, have you no heart? Please ask anything but that." But she would not give in and the king was forced to honor his promise. When Rama heard the news, he wished to honor his father's wishes, so he departed to the forest immediately, accompanied by his ever faithful brother, Lakshmana, and his wife, Sita. Bharata was in his uncle's court when the news of his kingship and Rama's exile reached him. When he returned to Ayodhya he found out that his father, King Dasaratha, had died of a broken heart. He refused to profit from his mother's evil scheming, and departed immediately to the forest with a huge army, and an iron resolve to restore his brother to the throne. When Lakshmana heard the thundering of a thousand hooves, a million footmen, and saw the flag of Ayodhya, he tried to convince Rama that Bharata was here to kill them, and that they needed to destroy the army. But Rama calmed him down, and decided to talk to Bharata. As Rama and Bharata met, they hugged each other and Bharata made his plea. "My dear brother, won't you come back to Ayodhya to rule? The people need you." But Rama intended to honor his father's boons and told Bharata that he needed to stay in the forest. So Bharata took Rama's sandals, put them on the throne, and vowed not to go into Ayodhya until Rama returned. Bharata then ruled in Rama's name in a small town outside of Ayodhya. And so Rama and his faithful family members walked through the beautiful forest called Dandaka. They found a pleasant spot that had lots of game by a stream. They built a hut and lived happily for ten peaceful, happy years. One day Supernaka, the terrible demoness, was traveling through the forest when she saw Rama. She looked at his handsome body and thought, "I would like to have that man for my husband." So she changed herself into a beautiful lady and tried to seduce Rama. But Rama could see through her guise, and so he brought her to Lakshmana. Lakshmana was so furious at the idea of his brother marrying a demoness that with three swift arrows he promptly cut off Supernaka's ears and nose. This terrible demon woman, so terrible to behold, ran to her brother Ravana, the King of Lanka. When he had heard her plight he grew outraged, and sent an army of 14000 rakshasas to destroy Rama. Furthermore, Supernaka told Ravana of Sita's exquisite beauty and at once the king of the demons desired her to be his wife. Meanwhile, the army of demons had approached the place where Rama, Lakshmana and Sita were living. Rama and Lakshmana were ready for the onslaught, bows in hand. The demons attacked! The air was filled with whistling arrows and terrible cries. (Pause while fighting is going on) But finally Rama had slaughtered every rakshasa that Ravana had sent. pictureTrue to his wish, and following his desires instead of his brain, as all rakshasas will do, Ravana set out with his Uncle Marica to capture Sita. He had Marica change himself into a golden deer. As Ravana expected, the deer caught Sita's fancy and she asked Rama to capture it. Rama willingly obliged his wife, but not until giving firm instructions to Lakshmana to guard Sita. As Rama got closer to the deer, he saw that it was a demon, and right before Rama killed it, the deer uttered these words in Rama's voice, "Sita, help me!" When Lakshmana and Sita heard these words, Sita convinced Lakshmana to go help Rama. But first he drew a circle around the hut that would protect Sita and told her to stay within it. When Lakshmana was gone, Ravana turned himself into the likeness of an ascetic and begged from Sita. Because an ascetic cannot come into a woman's home Sita came out of the circle and Ravana quickly turned himself back into a demon, and carried her off. Meanwhile in the forest Lakshmana found Rama and they discovered and that someone had tried to lure them away from Sita. When they found that Sita had been abducted Rama was filled with sorrow and tried seeking advice of where Sita had disappeared. Finally he met some monkeys that Sita had seen and dropped her jewelry to. When the monkeys agreed to help them, their king, Sugriva, sent search parties in every direction. Hanuman, a mighty monkey that can do the impossible, went with one of the search groups. When they came to the ocean they were told that Sita was on an island 300 miles away. After this Hanuman, forever loyal to Rama, made the jump to Lanka. In Lanka he found Sita and offered to take Sita to Rama, but Sita refused to let anyone but Rama touch her. Sita also gave a ring to Hanuman to give to Rama. As Hanuman was trying to escape he was caught by the rakshasas who decided to set his tail on fire. With his tail ablaze Hanuman leaped from house to house setting all of Lanka on fire except the grove where Sita was. After this he went back to report to Rama. When Hanuman returned to Rama he told him of the good news and gave him the ring. After receiving this news Rama set out with his monkey army to attack Lanka. When they came to the mighty ocean the monkey army built a great bridge to Lanka. When they reached Lanka, both sides were ready for war. The armies collided, monkeys and bears against the demons and hideous creatures. There were cries of pain, shouts, screams and the bloodcurdling laugh of the demons. The air was thick with arrows, and the ground was soaked with blood. In the midst of this terrible carnage, Rama searched for Ravana. As Rama and Ravana met, a light seemed to be shining on Rama, while the clouds darkened about Ravana's head. Ravana charged, but Rama neatly parried and thrust back with his sword. They fought, long and hard, for many hours, until Rama, using his divine bow, pierced Ravana's heart. The monkeys, at the same time, defeated the rakshasa army. Rama and his troops gave Ravana a proper burial, for as Rama so wisely put it, "Hostility ends at death." Sita's purity was in doubt by the people, because she had been in the house of another man. To prove her purity she walked into a burning pyre. Her loyalty to Rama was revealed, as she survived unscathed. Lakshmana and Sita returned to Ayodhya where Rama was crowned king and he ruled in peace for many thousands of years.
