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”)  

The Monkey-Demon battle/ವಾನರ-ಅಸುರರ ನಡುವೆ ಯುದ್ಧಾರಂಭ

VAnaraihi vairiGhAtee – “VAnaraihi rAkShasAn aGhAtayat” (वानरैः वैरिघाती – ’वानरैः राक्षसान् अघातयत्’)

Lord Hanumantha confronted Indrajitu, who escaped from the scene as he knew the power and strength of Hanumantha. Ignoring  the three sharp arrows shot at him, Sampati crushed demon Prajangha with a tree called Ashwakarna to death. Jambumali tried to confront Hanumantha with Shaktyayudh but met his own end after Hanumantha busted him into a mutton ball by hitting that demon with his fist. Nala plucked the two eyes of Pratapana and killed the demon. Tapa was killed by Gaja, who used mountains and his own strong fist. Vibheeshana massacred Mitraghna. Demon Virupaksha created an artificial rain of arrows which was halted by Lakshmana. Lakshmana killed Virupaksha instantly with a single arrow. Prahasta met his end when Sugreeva hit him with a tree named Saptaparna.  The huge body of Vajramushti was made to look like a red ball after he was hit with the fist by Mainda. Neela broke the chariot of Nikumbha, took out the wheel and crushed the demon with that wheel. Great Vanara Vividha hit demon Ashaniprabha with Sal Tree and end his life. Vidyunmali was busted along with his chariot with a huge rock by Sushena. The war between demons and monkeys went on like this. Monkeys or Vanaras used their nails, tooth, rocks, trees, mountains and other objects as weapons to kill most of the demon chiefs and commanders. Demons had brought different weapons to the field but could hardly succeed against the Vanaras. Several streams of blood were created in the battlefield. Carcasses, dead bodies of demons and Vanaras, broken bones, human flesh were flowing in those streams of blood.

Dhumraksha, Aakampana, Yupaksha, Kumbha, Nikumbha, Suptaghna, Narantaka, Devantaka, Yuddhonmatta, Atikaya, Makaraksha and other prominent commanders and demon warriors were killed in the fierce battle, which prompted Ravana to venture into the battlefield to arrest the loss his army was suffering from at the hands of Vanaras.

The first battle of Ravana will be discussed in the next episode.    

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