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ness in your life, after this period of sorrow just as sunlight appears after the night is over.” Having said this, the sage went away.
Anjana gave birth to a son, who was resplendent. But, she could not celebrate his birthday because she was living in a forest. There was no one even to beat a broken plate 'in the place of a band. She sobbed and wept over her misfortune.
Just at this time. Prathisurya was flying through the sky in his vimana (supernatural air-ship). Hearing the cries of lamentation, he landed there. He met Anjana and conversed with her. In the course of the conversation, he liscovered that she was his cousin. They were happy to discover their relationship. They sat in the l'imana in great joy and he brought her to his palace.
There is a proverb: "As is the shell, so is the pearl.” Since, Anjana had lived an austere life for twentytwo years, her son's face shone with the same radiance that suffused the face of the mother. He was named Hanuman.
Anjana's husband, Pavankumar achieved a splendid victory in the war and returned to his capital triumphantly. All the citizens of the City rained flowers on him and welcomed him. Pavankumar on
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