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JAIN RAMAYAN
The airship rose into the sky and began flynig towards Hanupuranagar. Anjana kept watching the beautiful sights on the earth forgetting herself whereas her son in his endeavour to catch the ornamental toy was leaping in her lap.
Then suddenly he leaped up. He was making repeated attempts to catch the decorated toy while the airship was going forwards. Anjana's son suddenly fell down to the ground.
It happened so quickly that neither Anjana nor Vasanta
ka noticed it at once. But at the very next moment Anjana screamed with horror and all were stupefied. Her son was not to be seen anywhere. Her son was weeping aloud.
"Uncle .... dear uncle ! My son has fallen down,” Anjana said screaming and shrieking. Manasveg stopped the airship. He told Anjana to have patience and then he descended from the airship. A miracle had occurred in the place where the boy had fallen.
The boy had fallen upon a mountain. But nothing had happened to him. He was not even hurt but he was leaping about there smiling. Just as the mightiest mountains break to pieces when they are hit by the Vajra (the thunder bolt of Indra) the mountain had broken to pieces when the child fell upon it. Manasveg kept looking on with astonishment and shock. He was amazed and stupefied by the extraordinary strength and heroism of Anjana's son. He took him into his lap.
When Manasveg brought the child into the airship Anjana, at once hurried forward and embraced the child. She swayed with delight.
"I hope my son is not hurt," she said panting for breath.
“My dear Anjana, nothing has happened to your child but he has hurt someone,” and Manasveg narrated the story of the boy's extraordinary strength and heroism. Anjana was thrilled to hear the story of her son's miraculous feat.
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