When Hanumanji reached back home all the monkeys were very happy.
They kept asking him many different questions & then went
to Ramji. Shri Ram & Lakshman were extremely happy to see
all the Vanars with Hanuman & Jambvan. Jambvan tells Shri
Ram that his devotees will always be happy & that his victory
will be known in the 3 worlds. All the Vanars were happy that
their mission had been completed. Shri Ram embraced Hanuman &
then asked him about Sita.
Hanuman gives
him a detailed picture of Sita & her message. He tells Ram
that he is the Lord of the 3 worlds then why was he taking so
long to rescue his wife. How every second was like a 100 years
for her. Hearing his words Ram has tears in his eyes & he
tells Hanuman that Sita is his by mind body & speech &
no harm can come to her even in her dreams.
Hanuman then
narrates his journey to Lanka, how he destroyed Ashok Vatika,
frightened all the rakshasas & burnt Lanka.
Shri Ram then tells Sugreev that they should make preparations
to march towards Lanka, as there was no reason to delay. He then
spoke to the Vanar army & with divine eyes spoke to them of
victory. Hearing his words each monkey was filled with so much
of energy that they looked like mountains with wings. Devtas,
Munis, Gandharvas & Nags were pleased because they knew that
Ravan's end was near.
Once the Vanar
army reached the shores of Lanka they started plucking the flowers
& eating all the fruits. The people of Lanka were frightened
after Hanuman had set fire in Lanka. They used to lock up their
homes & wonder who would protect them in troubled times because
if the messenger was so powerful & mighty how strong would
the Lord itself be. Meanwhile Ravan's wife Mandodari pleaded with
him to stop the war & send back Sita, as this would please
Shiv & Brahma. She then compares Ram's arrows to poisonous
snakes & those of the Rakshasas to frogs & toads. Even
harsh words had no effect on Ravan & he just laughed it off,
saying that by nature women had a soft heart & even in happy
times they got upset. He told her that he had defeated Devtas
& Rakshasas so humans & Vanars should be no problem.
Vibhishan also
came to Ravan & fell at his feet. He told him that if a person
wanted fame & fortune in life, he should not even look at
another person's wife. Kam & Krodh always brought about destruction;
therefore they should leave everything & take Ram's name since
he was the King of all Kings, & would give riches, fame, knowledge
& vairagya, destroy enemies & preserve dharma. |