A woman in this text sleeps for the entirety of her brother-in-law’s exile so that her husband could be awake the entire time instead. This text’s author was legendarily inspired to write it after the sage Narada had him chant the name of its dedicatee to turn away from his sinful life as the bandit Ratnakar. The king of the bears, Jambavan, reminds a figure in this text who was divinely fathered by a wind god that he has the strength to reach an enemy kingdom by jumping over an ocean. The title figure of this older of the two itihasas slays a ten-headed demon before returning home and inheriting his title as king of Ayodhya. For 10 points, name this Hindu epic in which Sita, the wife of the title blue-skinned deity, is kidnapped by Ravana. ■END■
ANSWER: Ramayana (The first line refers to Urmila, the wife of Lakshmana and sister-in-law of Rama.)
<Editors, Mythology>
= Average correct buzz position