Sri Ramacharitha Manas – Sri Tulsidas Maharaj – Sundara Kanda – The demons set fire on the tail of Hanuman caused chaos in the city of Lanka

 

Chapter – 26– Sri Ramacharitha Manas – Sundara Kanda– The demons set fire on the tail of Hanuman caused chaos in the city of Lanka

 

Ravana spoke wickedly “You know, Vanaras are fond of their tail, they take immense pride in it, so set fire on his tail, add some oiled rags on his tail and set fire, the Vanara will return to its Master without its tail bring shame to him. So that I could see his Master’s might as well.” Hanuman smiled at heart and thought “Goddess Sarada played her trick on the tongue of Ravana and it would be helpful for me.” Soon the demons brought ragged clothes dipped in oil, tied around the tail of Hanuman, as soon as they began to put hands on the tail of Hanuman, it started to grow bigger and bigger in size, thus the ghee, oil, clothes were become not enough, they started to feel the scarcity of the materials to set fire on the tail of Hanuman who playfully kept increasing the length of his tail. The people of Lanka assembled around the huge Vanara and took pleasure in physically abusing him. They set fire on the tail of Hanuman, took him all over the city accompanied by drumbeats, and several demons. Hanuman looked at his tail that was enough to set fire in the whole city, slipped out of the hands of the demons, leaped on the golden fortresses and stunning pleasure gardens at a great speed which caused chaos among the demons.

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