SUGREEVA'S DOUBTS CLEARED

Even this he was able to do because Vaali did not wish to slay him and was not unwilling to give his brother another lease of life.

Raama and Lakshmana rejoined the woebegone Sugreeva. He looked down at the ground without lifting his eyes. He was angry that Raama had broken his word and failed to help him.

"If you did not like to kill Vaali," said Sugreeva, "you could have told me so earlier. In that case, I, who know Vaali's might, would never have challenged him to fight. On the contrary, you made me believe you, and I have had such a drubbing that it is a wonder I am alive."

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