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## Chapter Fifty-Five
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Then, from the multitude of towering clouds, there arose the thunderous roar of drums, the mighty sound of trumpets, and the clash of cymbals. ||14|| The conch shells were blown, shaking the earth, by warriors with fierce determination, their weapons gleaming brightly, their spirits soaring. ||15|| Hearing the approach of the enemy, King Mahendra, with his entire army, marched forth, like an unyielding mountain against a storm cloud. ||16|| Seeing his forces faltering under the onslaught, the prince, Mahendra, mounted his chariot, his umbrella held high, and drew his bow. ||17|| Hanuman, the yogi, with three arrows, pierced the prince's long bow, as a yogi pierces the veil of illusion with three yogic practices. ||18|| As the prince, with a troubled mind, reached for another bow, Hanuman released a volley of arrows, scattering his swift steeds. ||19|| The horses, freed from the chariot, galloped wildly, like the senses of a man lost in worldly desires, freed from the control of the mind. ||20|| The prince, in panic, sought refuge in a magnificent aerial chariot, but even that was shattered by Hanuman's arrows, like the shattered beliefs of a fool. ||21|| Filled with the power of his knowledge, the prince, Mahendra, once again, attacked with blazing arrows, discs, and golden weapons. ||22|| Hanuman, with his own knowledge, countered the onslaught, like a yogi who, through meditation, controls the forces of nature. ||23|| The prince, mercilessly unleashing his weapons, burning like a raging fire, was captured by Hanuman, like a serpent caught by Garuda. ||24|| Seeing his son captured, King Mahendra, his face flushed with rage, mounted his chariot and confronted Hanuman, like the false Sugriva, disguised as Sugriva, confronted Rama. ||25|| The king, whose chariot shone like the sun, adorned with a beautiful garland, a skilled archer, the leader of the valiant, approached his son, his heart ablaze with love. ||26||