SRI #RAGHAVENDRA SWAMY’S SRI #RAMACHARITRYA #MANJARI (ಶ್ರೀ #ರಾಘವೆಂದ್ರಸ್ವಾಮಿ ವಿರಚಿತ “#ಶ್ರೀ ರಾಮಚಾರಿತ್ರ್ಯ ಮಂಜರಿ”)

SRI #RAGHAVENDRA SWAMY’S

SRI #RAMACHARITRYA #MANJARI

(ಶ್ರೀ #ರಾಘವೆಂದ್ರಸ್ವಾಮಿ ವಿರಚಿತ “#ಶ್ರೀ ರಾಮಚಾರಿತ್ರ್ಯ ಮಂಜರಿ”)  

Hanumantha sets Lanka ablaze/ಹನುಮಂತನಿಂದ ಲಂಕಾದಹನ

Being an incarnation of Lord Vayu, an unparalleled devotee of Lord Srirama as well as Seetha Devi, the fire could have no impact on Hanumantha. When the fire had a soothing effect on him, Maruthi thought: “I have accomplished the tasks of seeing Seetha Devi, conveying the message of Srirama to her, submitting the ring given by Srirama to her, speaking a few words of solace, receiving the Chudamani as a token of having met her, destroying the Ashoka Gardens, killing a few major demon chiefs to frighten them, seeing Ravana and conveying him the message of Rama and trying to make him understand the powers of Lord Rama. It is the duty of every wise messenger to do some additional work that would unnerve the enemy camp. Let me see the important places in Lanka, which was created by Mayasura and given to his son-in-law Ravana. Lanka is one of the most beautiful, well-planned and aesthetically constructed cities in the entire universe. Later on, let me do something to hurt the inhabitants.”

Hanumantha pretended for some time during the procession that he was still under the shackles. He declared in a loud voice that he was a messenger of Rama and that his name was Hanumantha. He had come to see Seetha Devi. After walking through all major places in Lanka, Hanumantha jumped on to the wall that had been constructed around the city to prevent invasions. He shrunk his body a bit so that all the knots the demons had tied to him got lose and Hanumantha came out without any sort of pain or injury. He started burning each and every building in Lanka with the fire in his tail. Except the house of Vibheeshana, Hanumantha set the entire city of Lank on fire. The buildings collapsed and the inhabitants ran in all directions to save their lives. The shouting and crying people of Lanka came on streets, pleading for 

protection and relief. Not a single soul was there which was unaffected by the fire. There was no family in which all the members were alive. Hanumantha had wreaked havoc on Lanka and the population of Lanka. Suddenly Hanumantha thought that the fire he had set might have affected Seetha too. He went to Seetha, ascertained that nothing had happened to her, took her permission to leave, reached the sea shore and flew back.   

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