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Background, 2 Dharma
Has both secular and religious connotations. Addresses correct behavior in all facets of life, including morality, duty, custom, law, virtue, and established order. Is based on the principle that each person has a specific role in life, related to his or her place in society. Requires a particular behavior in all aspects of daily existence.
Background, 3 Varnas
Indian society was divided into four segments, or varnas, according to social class. The result of this division was that by custom and by law, specific types of people did specific work:
The highest level was devoted to learning and priesthood. The second, to ruling and winning battles. The third group consists of traders, artisans, and farmers. The lowest group has to do the most unpopular jobs.
Rama appreciates Hanumans exploits, but is despondent about the near impossibility of a whole army being able to cross the sea. Sugreeva cheers Rama, and the army of monkeys sets out. Vibhishana, brother of Ravana, seeks asylum in Ramas camp, and Kumbhakarna, another brother of Ravana, agrees to fight for Ravana, though he disapproves of his actions. The sea lord builds a passage in the sea for the whole army to cross the sea and reach Lanka. Combat between Rama and Ravana is most fierce, but finally, by the use of the Brahma arrow, Rama vanquishes Ravana. Rama has Vibhishana crowned king of Lanka. Hanuman brings Sita to Rama, but he tells her to depart, thinking she has been defiled by Ravana. Sita undergoes the fire ordeal to prove her purity. On Ramas request, Indra, the celestial chief, restored to life all the monkeys that had been killed in the war. Rama is crowned in Ayodhya. Dasaratha appears to bless Kaikeyi and Bharata, whom he had renounced earlier. Rama crowns Bharata as the heir-apparent.