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"And yet
you may be certain," he said, "our Vaanara army is fully equal to the conquest
of Lanka. We have with us peerless
warriors like Angada, Dwivida, Mainda, Jaambavaan, Panasa, Nala and Neela. We have an
enormous army. We shall fly in the sky and without touching the ground destroy Lanka. Its
mountains and forest defences are nothing to us. We shall raze the city to the ground. Fix
the auspicious time and give us the order to start.
Under the star of triumph, Uttara Phalguni, at high noon, the army set forward towards the
southern sea. Good omens greeted
them.
As they marched, Raama, Sugreeva and Lakshmana went conversing with one another. "If
only Seeta could know that we have set out," said Raama, "it would encourage her
to keep life going. |
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