<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Rama abhorred violence - ok. Rama tried and tried to make Ravana to give up Sita. He sent Angada (son of Bali) on a last minute peace mission. Even there his choice of Angada has interesting logic in it.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
AFAIK, Rama did not send Angadha on a Peace talk. Like a True Warrior, Rama did not go back on his battle plans once he had mobilized his troops (like Operation Parakram.)
Angadha, went to Ravana like Havyavahana (Agni) goes with the message, and the gist of the message (not verbtim) was this:
"Oh Ravana, I am telling you this for your own good, please listen carefully. Prepare your own Shraaddha Karya (after-death ceremony), as there will be none left in your clan to give you arghya sesame and water."
There was absolutely no way anyone would have mistaken this for a peace talk. Tulasidas (and perhaps Kambar) had concocted a peace talk in their version of Ramayana. Valmiki Ramayana never did. (although there was a stray mention somewhere when Shri Rama just muses that he *may* grant clemency to Ravana if he was asked refuge.)
AFAIK, Rama did not send Angadha on a Peace talk. Like a True Warrior, Rama did not go back on his battle plans once he had mobilized his troops (like Operation Parakram.)
Angadha, went to Ravana like Havyavahana (Agni) goes with the message, and the gist of the message (not verbtim) was this:
"Oh Ravana, I am telling you this for your own good, please listen carefully. Prepare your own Shraaddha Karya (after-death ceremony), as there will be none left in your clan to give you arghya sesame and water."
There was absolutely no way anyone would have mistaken this for a peace talk. Tulasidas (and perhaps Kambar) had concocted a peace talk in their version of Ramayana. Valmiki Ramayana never did. (although there was a stray mention somewhere when Shri Rama just muses that he *may* grant clemency to Ravana if he was asked refuge.)