SRI #RAGHAVENDRA SWAMY’S
SRI #RAMACHARITRYA #MANJARI
(ಶ್ರೀ
#ರಾಘವೆಂದ್ರಸ್ವಾಮಿ
ವಿರಚಿತ “#ಶ್ರೀ ರಾಮಚಾರಿತ್ರ್ಯ ಮಂಜರಿ”)
KravyAdAn asankhyAn Ghnan — ‘RAmaha
IndrajidDhananAnantaram RAvanaprEShitam tanmulabalam sarvam hatwA”
ಕ್ರವ್ಯಾದಾನ್ ಅಸಂಖ್ಯಾನ್ ಘ್ನನ್ — “ರಾಮಃ
ಇಂದ್ರಜಿದ್ಧನನಾನಂತರಂ ರಾವಣಪ್ರೇಷಿತಂ ತನ್ಮೂಲಬಲಂ ಹತ್ವಾ”
सन्तुष्टैः
क्रव्यादान् असन्ख्यान् घ्नन् — “रामः इन्द्रजिद्धननानन्तरं रावणप्रॆषितम्
तन्मुलबलम् हत्वा”
Gist of this line was explained in the previous episode.
After Srirama got Indrajitu perish, the private force of Ravana, under the
instructions from Ravana, came to the battlefield and Srirama destroyed that
army as well.
A huge sigh of relief and sound of glee was heard from
among the army of monkeys after Indrajitu was killed by Lakshmana. It may be
recalled that Indrajitu had caused lot of damage to the monkeys’ army with his
deceitful tricks and mysterious strategy of binding Rama, Lakshmana and the
entire army of monkeys with the Sarpastra on four occasions. All the monkey
chiefs, including Sugreeva, Angada, Jambavanta, were worried and a pal of gloom
was there among monkeys. Indrajitu had proved to be a very dreadful hurdle on
the way to the victory over Ravana. However, the pal of gloom shifted to Ravana
and the demons after the demise of Indrajitu. Indrajitu was the only demon, who
had scored near-victory over monkeys in successive campaigns.
Ravana wept and cried inconsolably over the death of
Indrajitu and felt fully lost. Although he had lost all hopes, especially after
the death of Indrajitu, Ravana had no options except continuing the war. He
summoned his Mulabala, the Primary Defense Force comprising 360000000000000000000000000000000000000000000-
000000000000000000000000000 (i.e. 36 followed by 70 zeros) soldiers. Each soldier
in the Primary Defense Force of Ravana was indefatigable, as per a boon
bestowed upon Ravana by Lord Brahma. Since such a huge army could not live in Lanka,
which was a tiny island country, Lord Brahma had also presented a boon to
Ravana that adequate space be created within the island nation to accommodate
such a large army. Now, under the instruction of Ravana, the entire Primary
Defense Force of Ravana, which had thousands of gigantic chariots, giant
tuskers, horses, whales and other aquatic animals, came out of the fort like successive
giant waves. The army looked like another ocean approaching the army of monkeys.
However, the entire Primary army of Ravana was swiftly
nullified by Srirama and his army of monkeys and bears. This war once again
established that Srirama was Supreme. The battle was very severe and horrid.
Since each member of the Primary force was indefatigable, a large number of
monkeys died and several suffered fatal injuries; many lost their bones and
organs. The unstoppable Primary force, however, evaporated on getting closer to
Srirama and Lakshmana as both Srirama and Lakshmana could easily nullify the
boons of Brahma. There was a time when Srirama was caught in the midst of the
Primary force and monkeys could not even see him. Some ordinary monkeys
suspected if Rama could survive or get out of that rival army. Monkey heads
like Sugreeva, Angada, Nala, Neela, Rishabha, Sushena and others knew that
Srirama was invincible. Srirama had destroyed Vali and Kumbhakarna, among
others. They knew that Srirama was the bravest in the entire galaxy and none
could ever imagine of defeating or even hurting Srirama. He was the origin of
the universe for all times – past, present and future. The fight with Primary
force of Ravana was just a fun for Srirama. It was like a child’s play for the
Supreme Lord as he precipitated that army of Ravana with utmost ease. As soon
as he saw the primary force of Ravana coming out of the fort, Srirama tied the
string of his bow and pulled it after taking the central point on the string
upto his ears and released it. The sound that emanated from that strong was
thunderous as several waves of that sound echoed and reechoed in the universe;
the earth trembled and the deities were frightened. They assembled in the sky
to watch the mysterious prowess of Srirama. It was during this particular war
that “Rama was here, Rama was there and Rama was everywhere, as mentioned in oneof the compositions of Sri Purandara Dasaru. The deities had, for the first
time, the inexplicable experience of seeing infinite forms of Rama killing the
innumerable and proven invincible demons. The deities, gods and goddesses were
stunned, thrilled, frightened, shocked and puzzled by seeing the war that
Srirama unfurled against the primary force of Ravana.
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