Seeing Hanuman unshaken
Smitten was Ravan by doubts then.
Wondered Ravan if bull god
Cursed him when he shook Kailash
Came in disguise to harm thus.
Or could he be that Banasur
Came in form of this vanar?
Clueless as was Ravan then
Prahastha he then addressed thus:
Wish I Prahastha thee find out
Wherefore came this simian fiend,
What was at his back of mind
Spoiled when he our garden?
Trespass why did he Lanka
Made him what to give us fight?
Assured Prahastha then vanar
Harm him none would in Lanka.
Promised he then safe passage
To trespasser there thus lay trapped.
Have thou come to spy on us
Sent by gods from heaven itself?
Clear it's all from thy valour
That thou art no mean vanar.
Mince no words 'n bare the truth
That we could thee free forthwith.
If thou try to sidetrack us
Know that will be at thy risk.
Hanuman in turn told Ravan
That his trip had none to do
With the gods that Lankans scorned.
Am I from the vanar ranks
Came to see thee king Ravan.
Spoiled I know thy garden
That thy guards would usher me
To thy court O Lankan king.
Came as thy guards to kill me
Slain them just to save my life.
Stunned as Indrajit me then
With the aid of Brahmastra
Blessed as I was by Brahma
Came I soon out of its spell.
On my own I came to thee
None as ever would contain me.
Know me as the one sent by
Rama to make truce with thee.
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Sundara Kãnda: Hanuman's Odyssey
SpiritualWhile Mahabharata's Bhagvad-Gita is taken as a philosophical guide, Ramayana's Sundara Kãnda is sought for spiritual solace; many believe that reading it or hearing it recited would remove all hurdles and usher in good tidings! Miracles apart, it's...
