Saturday 2 July 2016

Killing of the false Sita

Ravana fell from his seat when he heard of Virbahu's death. All heroes sent to battle had not come back alive. When Ravana was thus thinking, Indrajit came and said it was time he went again and fought.
Ravana agreed. After all Indrajit was the the only one who had fought and returned back alive.
Indrajit said he was surprised how the dead were coming back to life. He had put an end to Rama and Lakshmana and Garuda had revived them. Then when he put an end to them, Hanumana got the medicine and rescued them. How was this happening?
Ravana said this was the work of Hanumana. Hanumana had to be killed first.
Indrajit left and went to see Mandodari, his mother. On his way, he thought, his mother would try to stop him. He decided to go to battle and then when he returned, he would greet his mother.
He went to his prayer room to perform his sacrifice before the battle.
Agni appeared before Indrajit and said Why do you pray to me everyday? What do you want from me?
Indrajit said He wanted to put an end to Rama and Lakshmana.
Agni said that was not possible. Rama was Narayana himself.
Angry, Indrajit left the sacrifice and climbed on his chariot. He went and started showering arrows, felling the vanaras. Lakshmana asked Rama to use powerful weapon and destroy Lanka. Rama said You speak like a child. What did the innocent women of Lanka do that they should die a terrible death?
Indrajit saw he was not able to tackle Rama and Lakshmana. He went back to Lanka and sent for Vidyutjivha. He asked Vidyutjivha to create a clone of Sita, who should be absolutely like Sita in appearance. Indrajit said, he would kill this clone in front of Rama. Seeing this, Rama would die. Seeing that Lakshmana would die too and the vanaras would leave Lanka.
Vidyutjivha created an idol of Sita and with mantras, made it come alive. Vidyutjivha then told the clone who she was and why she was there.

With this clone on his chariot, Indrajit started again for battle. Coming out from the western gate, he started hitting the clone with the whip used by the charioteer.
The false Sita started shouting out for help. Holding her hair in one hand, Indrajit held a sword in another.

Hanumana saw this. He was ready to fight but he was unable to move. What if Sita got hurt. Hanumana had tears in his eyes. Hanumana said It was a sin to kill a woman.
Indrajit said If killing a woman resulted in the death of the enemy, then that was just. I will first kill Sita and then put an end to Rama and Lakshmana.

The clone started crying loudly calling out for help. Indrajit picking up his sword, brought it down on the clone, cutting it into two.
Seeing this, the vanaras started to flee. Hanumana asked to turn back and cut off Indrajit's head and having killed Sita.

Seeing the vanaras come towards him, Indrajit fled and went inside Lanka.

Rama heard a lot of noise and was not sure what was happening. He asked Jambuvana to go and see what was the matter. Jambuvana went and on his way he saw Hanumana coming back. He asked him what was the matter. Hanumana told him Sita had been killed.

Going to Rama with tears in his eyes, Hanumana told Rama what had happened. 

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