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TH A T SOMEONE WAS IN DANGER " NO O N E H E R E I
AND NEEDED H/S HELP. IN T H E NETHER
W O R LD N E E D S I
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KUMBHAKARNA AND
INORAJ I T ! HOW DID IT
HAPPEN, FATHER? WHO
IS T H IS EN EM Y WHO
I S S O PO W ERFU L?
M Y S IS T E R W AS IN S U L T E D
B Y P R IN C E R A M A .TO
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WHY I NOW YOU,WHO HAVE DEFEATED
NEED YOUR INDRA AND OTHER DEVAS,
. HELP, y HAVE BEEN DEFEATED BY
A BANISHED PRINCE AND
A MON KEY-KING! >
T H E Y A R E NOT O H , IF ONLY YOU HAD
ORDINARY HUMAN C A L L E D M E EARLIER !
B E IN G S , S O N ! A L L O U R KIN SM EN AND
T H E IR VALOUR IS , F R IE N D S WOULD HAVE
G R E A T E R THAN fes B EEN SAVED! >
TH AT O F EV EN
T H E DEVAS. BUT, EVEN NOW,
YOU CAN HELP US
TO VANQUISH THE
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AND THEY STARTED MAKING PLANS.
MEANWHILE, IN RAMA'S OF CO U RSE,
CAMP, VIBHEESHANA * WAS VIBHEESHANA, IF
ANXIOUS TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK IT IS
RAVANA'S NEXT MOVE NECESSARY.
WOULD B E.
M Y LO R D , ALL RAVANA’S
M E N H AVE BEEN KILLED
IN B A T T L E . MAY I GO
A N D F IN D OUT WHAT
H E P L A N S TO DO
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THE OPPOSITE CAMP
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MEANWHILE , IN LANKA, RAVANA AND MAHIRAVANA DEPARTED. HE TOOK NO MEN,
MAHIRAVANA WERE N O T ID L E .T H E Y ,T O O , NO HORSES AND NO WEAPONS. ENDOWED
WERE MAKING CAREFUL PLANS. AS HE WAS WITH MA6IC POWERS, WITHIN
MINUTES HE HAD REACHED RAMA'S CAMP.
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T A K E RAMA AND LAKSHMANA
AWAY TO T H E N E T H E R |
W O RLD A N D SA C R IF IC E
T H E M T H E R E TO THE J
G O D D E S S , DURGA
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B U T SOON AFTER V/BHEESHflNfl LEFT- P L E A S E WAIT F O R A
M IN U T E , M Y LORD.
0 M IG H T / ' V I8H EESH A N A W IL L
H A N U M A N ! I AAA S O O N B E COMING
DASHARATHA, T H IS WAY AND W ILL
RAMA’S FATHER. L T A K E YOU IN. A
L E T M E ENTER. KING
1 WANT TO MEET DASHARATHA!
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HE SEARCHED ONE TOWN THEN HE SAW A BEAUTIFUL LAKE. ASSUMING
AFTER. ANOTHER. IN THE A VERY SMALL FORM, HE. WAITED ON A HI&H
NETHER WORLD. AT LAST—
AH ! T H IS LOOKS
L IK E MAHIRAVANA’S
C A P IT A L ! I F E E L
CERTAIN I’LL FIND
RAMA AND
.LAKSHMANA HERE.
MAHIRAVANA
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N O I I W O N ’T H E L P WHEN THE GODDESS HAD
H IM ! M AH IRAVANA FINISHED TELLING HANUMAN
HAS STARTED THE COURSE TO TAKE—
P E R S E C U T IN G T H E
N O B L E AND THE.
IN N O C E N T . H I5
E N D IS NEAR.
HANUMAN TO LD RAMA
WHAT WAS TO BE D O N E .
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WITH TWO MORE BLOWS, HANUMAN
SMASHED THE CHAINS THAT BOUND
RAMA AND LAKSHMANA.
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SOON TH EY STARTED ON THEIR JOURNEY
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