читать дальшеThe Asvamedha battles happen in Ananda Ramayan. The flower episode happens during the yagna. Sita needs to do the Vrat pooja with these special lotuses that grow in abundance in the pond in Ramji's garden. She sends her sons. Ananda Ramayan states that it is Lava who is the bolder of the two brothers. Lava goes every day to the pond to get the lotuses because the flowers have to be fresh for the pooja. It is only on the eighth day the guards start to suspect that the flowers are disappearing from the pond. They try to capture Lava and take him to Ramji but Lava's arrow flings the guards and they fall in Ramji's yagna spot.
On the 9th day, Ramji's sena lie in wait for Lava to appear. They beseige Lava. Lava then derides Ramji for the banishment of Sita. Rama hears of Lava's words from his guards. He also comes to know that this young lad is a disciple of Valmiki. Lava beats the guards this time around also and escapes. The guards report this to Ramji. Rama then sends for Valmiki. Now, all this is from Ananda Ramayan.
During this time of the flower episode the yagna is going on simultaneously and the horse with Satrughan following it has started to roam. Valmiki comes to the yagna place as he is summoned by Ramji after the flower episode. Valmiki comes with the two boys and with Sita in a palanquin. Valmiki asks the boys to sing the epic in the surrounding areas. Rama learns of the singing and asks them to come to the yagna place and sing for him. When Lava comes to sing the guards identify Lava as the thief of the lotuses. When Ramji questions Lava, he just says that it was a strategy to meet Ramji.
Lava is let go. Kusa is taking a bath in the Ganges when Lava sees the sacrificial horse roaming around. Lava defeats Shatrughna, Lakshman, and others with all the astras they get from Valmiki. According to Ananda Ramayan, Rama fights with Lava too but one is not able to defeat the other. Rama sends for Valmiki again to ask him about the boys. Valmiki tells him that he will reveal the information the next day.
The next day, the boys are asked to sing the Ramayan in the yagna place. It is then Ramji comes to know that the boys are his sons. Then Sita comes and she is asked to take the Oath of Chastity. She does and goes into the earth. Ramji gets very angry and asks the earth mother to give Sita back or he would destroy the planet. The Earth goddess gives Sita back to Ramji. Ramji takes her back and they live as husband and wife for a long time together. They also rule Ayodhya together.
Strictly IMHO, I like the Ananda Ramayan ending where they stay together after the oath. I wonder if the Sagars will show that or the Valmiki version for the end. In Ananda Ramayan, the story of Ram continues with various episodes until the sons of all the brothers are grown, get married, and become adults. Sumantra and the mata pass away also. In the end Rama, his brothers, and Sita crown all the children kings of various countries and then leave the prithvi lok for Vaikunt.