| Ramayana |
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| Books By Rajaji |
HANUMAN BOUND |
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| A few among
them feared and said, "This fellow is only pretending. He may get up suddenly and
attack us." So they brought ropes of jute and coconut fibber and bound him hard and
shouted exultingly: "Now we have bound him, let us drag him to the Lord of the
Raakshasas." Indrajit, who discovered too late and could not prevent this foolish mistake of the Raakshasas, felt sad. 'Alas!' he thought with sorrow. 'They have undone all my work. These fools do not know the secrets of supernatural weapons. When they have thus used ropes and jute for binding him, the astra withdraws its power. The bound of mantra is undone when physical bonds are added. Hanumaan is now held only by the ropes which he can burst asunder and the Brahmaastra can not be used a second time.' Hanumaan too understood this, and knew he could spring up free if he liked, but he welcomed the opportunity to meet and talk to Raavana and allowed himself to be dragged to the king, patiently bearing all their insults and cruelties in seeming helplessness. They belaboured and foully abused him, and dragged him through the streets and women and children came out to look at him and jeer. |
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