Jain Ramayana Part 3

SR No.: 002023
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Bhadraguptasuri
Publisher: Vishvakalyan Prakashan Trust Mehsana
Publication Year: 2000
Total Pages: 518
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Story, & Literature
File Size: 24 MB

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54
JAIN RAMAYAN
"O you monkey! Do not prattle unnecessarily. I will destroy you within the twinkling of an eye." Akshakumar began shooting arrows at Hanuman. Hanuman also released counterdevices and confounded Akshakumar.
Akshakumar began to fight in a ferocious manner. Hanuman carefully avoided and escaped every attack made by Akshakumar. After fighting for sometime thus, Hanuman cut off his head.
A terrible commotion arose in Lanka when people heard that Akshakumar had been killed. The Rakshasa warriors were filled with a nameless dread. When Sita heard about all this, she began to fear that some calamity might occur to Hanuman. She shuddered at the very thought of what might happen to Hanuman. We naturally experience anguish when we fear some calamity to those whom we love. This is natural for human beings.
Ravan was furious when he heard that his son had been killed. Restraining his anger a little, he sent for Indrajit and said, "Indrajit! Go at once to the Devaraman garden and bring that monkey into my presence. Hurry up! Carry out this task without a moment's delay." Indrajit was unable to understand how an ordinary monkey could enter the impregnable fort of Lanka.
This secret was known only to three people in Lanka namely Vibhishan, Sita and Lankasundari. Ravan did not know that the hero who had destroyed the Devaraman garden was none other than Hanuman. As soon as Indrajit entered the garden, he saw Hanuman. He knew Hanuman very well. He had personally witnessed Hanuman's heroism in the war against Varun. But Indrajit who had been incensed and grieved by the death of his brother at Hanuman's hands, did not like to remember the friendly relations, he had with Hanuman. He roared out;
"O you monkey! Take care. I will have peace of mind only after spilling your blood upon the ground which is covered with Akshakumar's blood."
At once, a terrible fight broke out between the two heroes. Fear and anxiety filled the people of Lanka. On earlier ocasions,