Monday, July 13, 2020




|| Sri Ram Jayram Jaya Jaya Ram ||

 

Chapter – 10 – Lanka Kandam


 The vicious battle between Vanaras and demons/Malyavan's advice to Ravana


Hanuman and Angadha chased their enemies, crushed them to death, sieved off their heads, and those were fallen before Ravana, like several broken mud pots of curds. They brutally attacked the demons approached, and tossed them at the lotus feet of Prabhu, and Vibheeshna introduces the names of the demons to Prabhu.  The compassionate Lord send that demon to his abode, thus the wicked and cruel demons who consume human meat attained the Paramagathi, like the Yogi and ascetics.

 


Lord Mahadeva speaks “Oh! Uma, the supreme Lord Rama is extremely compassionate and kind to Jeeva, he is Kripanidhi, he offers Paramagathi even to his enemies. Oh! Bhavani, Is there any deity benevolent than Rama? Even after listening to his kindness and affection, Jeeva is not willing to take shelter in him, they are soaked in worldly matters and bondage, and undergo extreme agony and sufferings are dull-minded and unfortunate. Ayodhyapathi understood Hanuman and Angadha entered in the palace of Ravana, these two Vanaras resembled Mandhara Parvatha, destroyed the fortress of Lanka. They fought with the demons till the hours of sunset, finally, at the end of the day, they returned to Prabhu, and prostrated before him. Raghupathi highly pleased with Hanuman and Angadha, showered his grace upon them, instantly they both got relieved from the exhaustion of long day battle. The army Vanaras and bears in the city came to know that Angadha and Hanuman returned to Prabhu, eventually they also returned to the woods.”

 


It was during the night; the demons regained their strength and went to meet Dhashanan. The demons whose strength multiplies in the night went in search to fight against the Vanaras and bears, once again a fierce battle has begun, in this way the two powerful enemies continued to battle for long hours. These demons were dark in colors, huge in size, had great strength, and extremely valorous in the war field. The Vanaras were fierce and had different colors, these two enemies had equal strength and were experts in the war field. The leaders of the demons Akambana and Athikaya found their warriors are failing, soon they have utilized illusionary powers to fight against Vanaras who terrified the sudden darkness engulfed the field of battle, created huge chaos.

 


Raghunatha understood the reason for the sudden darkness, called for Hanuman and Angadha, and made them understand the situation and given instructions to tackle them. These two Vanaras returned to battlefield viciously, Prabhu smiled to himself and shot Agneyasthra. Alas! There was sudden brilliance spread all over the battlefield like the wisdom removes the ignorance, the brilliant rays of sun removes the darkness. The Vanaras and bears felt extremely happy and enthusiastically flee to different directions to attack the demons. Hanuman and Angadha produced deafening voices that created trepidations among the demons; they started to flee from the battlefield. But the Vanaras did not leave them, caught them and thrashed them on the floor, pulled their legs, and heave them to the ocean, eventually, they have become a feast for the aquatic animals. In this battle some of them were killed, some were brutally wounded, and some of them took shelter on the dome of the fortress, in this way the Vanaras and bears attacked the army of Ravana.

 


It was too dark in the night, all those four armies of Vanaras and bears returned to Suvela Parvatham. They prostrated before Kosalaraja, soon they have regained their strength with the grace of Kripalu. Ravana called for an urgent meeting of ministers and informed “The Vanaras and bears destroyed half of our warriors, what should we do?” Soon Malyavan, who is an elderly minister and maternal uncle of Ravana spoke “Oh! Son, listen to my promising words, the moment you have abducted Devi Sita and brought her to Lanka, we are facing too many troubles and witnessing several band omens, it is beyond description.  It is impossible to attain peace and serenity in their lives who oppose that supreme Lord Rama who is eulogized by Veda and Vedanta. He is Kripalu who has incarnated as Rama on the Earth, killed Hiranyaksha, Hiranyakashipu, and Madhukaitaba, like powerful demons. He is Badavagni/Kalaroopi to the wicked demons, he is the storehouse of virtues, he symbolizes wisdom and knowledge, he is worshiped by Lord Bhrama, Lord Mahadeva and deities, and hence no one will keep enmity against that Supreme Lord Rama. Therefore leave your enmity against Rama, and return Devi Vaidhehi with all respects, and take shelter at the lotus feet of Prabhu who is Kripanidhi.” All these words of Neethishashtra shot like powerful arrows in the heart of Ravana, spoke angrily “Oh! The unfortunate one, I do not want to see your face, get out of my palace immediately. If you were not aged, I would have killed you, remember one thing, you should not come in front of my eyes.” Malyavan moved out of the assembly thinking that “He would get killed in the hands of Prabhu in no time.”  Meghanatha haughtily spoke “Watch everyone; you will see my valor tomorrow morning. I have decided and I am certain that, I will definitely achieve fruitful results tomorrow.” Ravana regained his confidence from the words of Meghanatha, he took Meghanatha on his lap and showered love. They continued to discuss about the war tricks; eventually, the daylight has arrived. Vanaras began to attack the huge palace door from the four directions; they surrounded the fortress, created huge chaos in the city. The demons appeared in various fierce weapons, pulled out hills, and heaved on the Vanaras and bears.



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