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The Terrible War
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the great hero, appeared and rushed furiously towards Kumbhakarna.
Angadh occupied a very important position in Sugriv's vast army. He was a great master of the arts of war. His method was to achieve his objective by means of intelligence; not by means of strength. He began going round Kumbhakarna and attacking him with arrows. Sometimes, he shot arrows from a distance and sometimes, he went near him and attacked him. It seemed as though he was playing hide and seek with him rather than fighting. Angadh played this trick a couple of times. Kumbhakarna moved heaven and earth to get him into his clutches but everytime Angadh escaped from Kumbhakarna. Once, Kumbhakarna lengthened his hand to catch hold of Angadh but just then Hanuman having been freed from his clutches ran away from him and stood at a distance. Kumbhakarna felt baulked as Angadh and Hanuman attacked him together.
The problem of releasing Sugriv and Bhamandal from the Nagpash confounded them. They had to be released from the Nagpash before they were taken away to Lanka but no one could think of any method by which they could release them. At this point. Shri Ram invoked a divine power called Mahalochan.
Mahalochan understood by means of his extrasensory perception that Shri Ram was invoking his aid. He thought, "Shri Ram is meditating upon me. There must be some important thing to be done.” At once, he appeared before Shri Ram.
"Dear lord! What help shall I render to you? I cannot forget the promise I gave you”, Mahalochan said to Shri Ram in a tender voice. Shri Ram explained the entire situation to Mahalochan. The divine being Mahalochan bestowed upon Shri Ram a divine power called Simhaninad. Moreover, he also gave Shri Ram two divine weapons called Musal (The pestle) and the Hull (the plough) and a divine chariot.
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