Sulochana – means the one with beautiful eyes. She is the daughter of Shesha, the king of the serpents. Sulochana is married to Meghanada also known as Indrajita, the eldest son of Ravana, but unlike other women does not reside with her in-laws but with her parents in the Patal Lok. The arrangement is convenient initially because Meghnada is in long meditations in the hills. When he returns from the meditation it is not to take his wife to Lankesh but to request her to carry him and his father Ravana to Patal Lok where they cannot trespass without her aid.
Ravan and Meghanada are on a mission. They want to kill Asur Dushtabudhi, husband of Surpanakha who is hiding in the Patal Lok. Dushtabudhi believes he is safe in Patal but Sulochana brings her husband to him and the rest is a foregone conclusion. The Valmiki Ramayana, has no mention of Sulochana, nor do the later versions of the epic.
Meghanada was a noble man misled by his father and eventually perished by Lakshmana. He faced a cruel death and when his chopped head was carried to his wife Sulochana, she was devastated. But she was an evolved soul and understood that Lakshmana is an incarnation of her father, King Shesha and whatever occurred was predestined. In the ballad Meghnad Badh Kavya, Prameela is mentioned as the consort of Indrajita. The fact is Prameela was another name bestowed upon Sulochana.
To be continued