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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JAIN RAMAYAN
thundered out. "O you wicked monkey! What have you done? Having been my follower whose refuge have you sought ? The
om you serve is a beggar wandering through forests eating the roots and fruits available in forests. Your master is a beggar wearing soiled and torn clothes. Those two brothers who are like Bhils or aboriginals, cannot help you. What can they do for you? I know that you have come to Lanka in accordance with their commands. What have you achieved by coming here? Unnecessarily, you have risked your life.
In fact, your master is very clever and deceitful. He has duped you by sending you here. I thought you were my loyal follower. But today you have entered my Kingdom as a messenger of someone else. You can be fearless because you are after all a messenger. Today I will release you after imposing a small penalty upon you; but O you wicked monkey! Why have you made bold to commit this enormity ?"
When Hanuman heard Ravan's words, his blood began to boil with anger. He gave a bitter reply to Ravan.
"O you Dashmukh! You are wasting your breath unnecessarily. Stop your bragging. When was I your servant and when were you my master ? Are you not ashamed of uttering lies thus ? You shameless man ! Remember that war in which king Varun, captured your brother-in-law Khar and also remember how on account of his amity for you, my father released him from captivity. Also remember that Varun's sons, Rajiv and Sanjiv were about to decimate you and how you sought my help and how I saved you from disgrace and death. You have forgotten all those things and you say that I am your servant. Do you want to be my master ? O you mean mortal! You do not deserve any help or consideration. You are indeed a terrible sinner. It is sinful even to converse with such an ignoble person as abducts another man's wife. I do not find any hero on your side who can save you from death. Lakshman alone is enough to destroy you. Escaping from him is like escaping from the jaws of death. Shri Ram will stay off. He need not fight against you. The day of your death is fast approaching."