Sugreeva
shouted. Vaali heard the shout and in great rage emerged from the fortress, radiant like
the morning sun. The two brothers
fought each other fiercely.
But Raama, who was standing bow in hand
behind a tree, was bewildered. As they wrestled together the brothers were so similar in
form and feature, in equipment and method of fighting, that Raama could not distinguish
Vaali from Sugreeva and was afraid to shoot lest he kill the wrong combatant.
Meantime Sugreeva, having the worst of the
fight, broke from his brother's grip with a desperate effort and, wounded and weary,
disappointed and despondent, fled for life and reached Rishyamooka forest. |