Overall, this story followed the plot very closely to the online public entry version of the Ramayana that I finished reading last week. The only differences were in the minor details as the story was being told. For instance, the version of the Ramayana that I am reading this week went into detail on explaining the omens that foreshadowed Rama's supreme powers when he was a baby. In the Divine Archer, it is explained that Rama had several marks on his feet. This version also talks about the vajra, dhvaja, and ankusha, which I don't remember reading about in the PDE version. I also don't remember reading anything about Rama being able to convert back and forth between a cosmic being and baby, which is also described in this week's version of the reading. There is also nothing mentioned about the world being held up by elephants on the back of a turtle in the PDE version, which is mentioned in this week's version of the reading.
All in all, I enjoyed this version of the reading much more as it still followed the same plot line almost exactly with no deviation, but it also provided more details for the reader to learn about Rama and other parts of the story in more focus. It seems like the PDE version was just a short, simplified version of the story that was meant to make reading easy for beginners, while the book version gives more detail and makes it more fun to read for me.
Parashurama
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