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Ravana! Can a lotus ever bloom in the light of a tiny insect emanating
light from its body? Seetaji again told him (Ravana): "O Evil one, the
same is the case with you. You are unaware of Shri Ram's powers. You
devil, abducted me when I was all alone. O mean-minded creature, you are
utterly shameless!" |
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| After pondering
over for a while, Hanumanji threw a ring at Seeta's Feet. It appeared as
if a bruning charcoal had fallen from the Ashoka tree. Seeta delightedly
took it in her hands. |
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| Having seen
hanuman's versatility as well as extraordinary physical power, Seeta said,
"O Respected one! Please eat this sweet fruit by remembering Ram
heartily". Then Hanumanji bowed down before her and entered the garden. He
ate the sweet fruits and started uprooting the trees. There were so many
soldiers. But Hanuman killed many of them, while some of them approached
Ravana for help. |
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| Hanumanji
galloped and climed the palace. The flames of fire were, soon, coming out
of his tail. It looked as if a huge flow of fire was descending from the
sky, as if the jaws of death where trying to devour the entire Lanka or as
if avaliant warrior had sharpened his weapons. |
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| The narration of
those details soothed Rama and he delightfully embraced Hanumana. He said
"O Dear one! Please tell me, how Seeta lives and protects herself?
Hanumanji replied, "She is chanting your name during day & night. Your
name is like the soldiers and your meditation is like doors. Seeta
constantly stares at her feet (locking all the doors of her body). Then
how can the soul exit from her body? |
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| Seeta is like the
night of winter for the forest of lotuses of your dynasty. Please listen,
O Master! Without giving back Seeta even Shankar & Brahma (the
creator) will be unable to help you. Ram's arrows are like the multitudes
of snakes and your crowd of demons are like frogs. Before the sankes
swallow your frogs, please give up adamance and seek out the
solution. |
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| O Lord! I am the
brother of Ravana. O protector of gods I am born in the dynasty of Demons.
My body is blackish. As the darkness is dear to an owl, the sins are are
dear to me. Your reputation as the destroyer of fear has brought me to
you. Please protect me, as you are the protector of those who take your
shelter. |
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"O Kindest
One!Give me your pure devotion so dear to Shankar". then Ram blessed him
by saying, "Let your wish be fulfilled" and asked for water from the
ocean.
He said, "O Dear Friend! Though you are unwilling, but my
Darshan neverfails. It is always successful. "Then Ram marked his forehead
with tilak. The sky showered flowers on this majestic occasion.
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| Shuk-dut, please
give up arrogance and trat the facts written in this letter as truth.
Please Shuk-dut listen to me and give up anger. Don't antagonise Ram. Shri
Ram's nature is very kind and polite in spite of being the Lord of the
Universe. He will forgive you for all your sins the moment you meet
him." |
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| The ocean was
terribly frightened. He pleaded Ram for mercy and earnestly requested the
God to forgive him for his follies. He touched the feet of Ram and told
him that all the five elements viz. The space, the wind, the fire, the
water and the earth are dull by nature. |
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| The huge army of
monkeys took orders from Ram and priceeded. the army was too large to
count. The bridge was so overcrowded that some monkeys flew over the ocen,
while others climed upon the aquatic creatures to cross over the
distance. |
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| Introducing
himself in the court of Ravana, Angad said, "My name is Angad. I am the
son of Vali. Have you ever met him?" Ravana was embarrassed. He said,
"Yes, I know, Vali was a monkey. Are you the son of that same Vali? then
you are the killer of your own dynasty. You are like all-devouring fire
for your family. Why didn't you die in the womb of your mothr? You call
yourself as the Messenger of Taapas. Therefore your life is
worthless. |
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| At that time
Meghand shot the most lustrous & destructive arrow called
"Virghatini", which hurt Lakshaman in the chest and made him unconscious,
then Meghand became fearless and reshed to Lakshman. |
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| Hanumanji saw the
mountain. However, he could not recognise the medicinal herb on it. So he
lifted the entire mountain and fled in the night towards the city of
Ayodhya. |
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| Hearing this,
Ravana became very restless. He nodded his head repeatedly in refusal and
went to awaken Kumbhakarna. After various efforts, Kumbhakarna was
awakened from deep slumber. How did he look like? He looked like the
perfonified Time, He asked, "Dear Brother! Tell me, why your face is so
pale?" |
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| Kumbhakarna
rushed towards Ram with arrows stuffed into his mouth.It appeared, as if
the God of Time was running with the sheath in his mouth. At that time Ram
angrily took out a pointed arrow and aimed at Kumbhakarna's neck. The
arrow pierced through Kumbhakarna's neck and separated his head from the
body. |
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| Now Meghnad (the
son of Ravana) started shooting arrows at Lakshman, Sugreev and Vibhishan
and injured their bodies. He also started fighting with Ram. All the
arrows of Meghnad transformed into sepents and harmed them. |
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| Lakshmanji
approached Ravana and said, "O you Devil & the coward one! Why are you
killing monkeys and bears? Face me. I am your killer." Ravana said, "You
are the killer of my son. I will never spare you. Unless I kill you today,
I will not rest in peace." Having spoken thus Ravana shot deadly arrows.
However Lakshman broke the same into pieces. All arrows of Ravana were
broken by Lakshman into hundreds of tiny pieces. |
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| Shri Rama drew
the bow up to his ear and then dischared thirty one arrows like the
all-devouring time! One of the arrow piereced into Ravan's navel and
squeezed the nectar from his body. Rest of them separated his arms and the
head. The armless and headless body of Ravan moved helter-skelter on the
earth. |
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| Then Seeta
remembered Ram, her abode of sacred love and whose feet were worshipped by
Lord Shankar and entered the fire, which was cooled like the sandalwood.
at the same time, the idol of Seeta burnt into flames. No one could
realise the glory of the God's character. The Gods, the supermatural souls
and the sages witnessed the scene from the sky. |
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| All the great
chiefs of the army of monkeys including their heroes like Sugriv, Neel,
Jambuvan, Angad, Nal, Hanuman abd Vibhisan, were speechless. However, they
constantly started at Shri Ram, without even winking their eyes for once.
Shri Ram realised their overwhelming affection towards him and took in his
plane. He saluted the Brahmins and the plane flew northward. |
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Suddenly there
were good omens everywhere. everyone was in a festival mood. The whole
city looked wonderful. It was an indication of the arrival of
God.
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