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The invasion of Lunku
All the warriors sat in airships. Thousands of airships were filled with countless warriors, chariots, elephants, horses and weapons.
Hanuman's airship was at the head. Nal, Neel and Jambhavan, the valiant sat beside Hanuman. Bhamandal's airship was behind Hanuman's airship. The old king Mahendra and Prince Prasannakirti sat beside Bhamandal. Behind them thousands of airships carrying millions of warriors began to fly. At the rear, Chandrarashmi's moon-shaped airship was flying. Viradh's airship was fiying keeping a watch on all the other airships and guarding them. At a little distance behind, two thousand airships were flying carrying horses, elephants, chariots and soldiers.
Shri Ram and Lakshman sat in a resplendent airship and began flying behind them. Behind them one lakh thousand warriors chosen by Sugriv were flying under his leadership in one thousand airships. Behind them all, one hundred airships were flying carrying servants and attendants.
All were eager to fight and desirous of seeing Lanka. Hanuman had decided to capture the Kingdoms on the way and to increase his army by including the soldiers of those kingdoms.
The vast army was flying over the sea.
Sethu and Samudra were the rulers of that part of the sea. Their capital was the city of Velandhar situated on the Velandhar mountain. When they noticed a vast army flying over the sea, at once, they ordered their armies to get ready for a war and then suddenly a war broke out in the sky.
But those two kings did not know that Hanuman, the son of Pavananjay was himself at the head of the army. They committed a Himalayan blunder in attacking the flying army. Hanuman at once got ready for a war against Sethu and Samudra but Nal and Neel dissuaded him from fighting and said :
"O great hero! You display your valour in Lanka leaving the task of routing these kings to us."
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| SR No. | 002023 |
| Book Title | Jain Ramayana Part 3 |
| 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 |