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JAIN RAMAYAN
Lav and Kush sent many miraculous devices to destroy and to break down the chakra that was speeding towards them but all their efforts failed.
The chakra came whirling through the sky.
It slowly performed a circumambulation around Ankush ! And then? The very next moment, it returned to Lakshman.
Witnessing this miracle Lakshman stood utterly stupefied. His amazement and anger knew no bounds. Again he furiously sent the chakra towards Kush with all his might.
But it was a divine chakra ! A supernatural wheel. An extraordinary weapon which had been consecrated by the greatest gods and goddesses who had bestowed upon it miraculous powers but it had its limitations. It could not transgress those limits. It could not attack members of the same gotra or family. Kush and Lakshman belonged to the same gotra. Therefore the divine wheel was powerless against Kush. What cannot happen will never happen. This is a decree of destiny. This was true in this case also. The chakra instead of hitting Kush performed a circumambulation around Kush to honour him and then it returned to its lord Lakshman.
Even the divine chakra was inefficacious against the youngster. A tremendous commotion arose everywhere in the army. Shri Ram came running to Lakshman. The chakra stood in Lakshman's hands powerless and quiet and Lakshman was in great grief.
"Dear brother! I do not know what is going to happen today. I released the chakra twice against the enemy but it could not attack the enemy. Now I do not have any other weapon which can destroy the enemy. We are unable to do anything to the enemy. I do not know what is concealed in the womb of Destiny."
"Lakshman! Can it be that some other Baladev and Vasudev are born in Jambudweep? Actually these are not ordinary
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