The Book of Ram by Devdutt Pattanaik

Author:Devdutt Pattanaik
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9788184753325
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Published: 2015-03-12T16:00:00+00:00

Hanuman could have left after delivering the message, but the monkey in him could not resist the chance of teaching Ravana a lesson.

Burning of Lanka

Having located Sita, Hanuman could have returned to Ram but he decided not to do so until he had taught Ravana a lesson. He started leaping from tree to tree in the garden where Sita was held prisoner, breaking the branches and destroying the flowers and fruits. When the Rakshasa guards tried to stop him, he threw stones at them. One of the stones hit Ravana’s son, Akshay, and killed him. An alarm was sounded across the palace and Indrajit, Ravana’s eldest and mightiest of sons, was forced to come to the garden and catch the wild monkey. Indrajit released a missile imbuing its tip with the power of Brahma. Out of respect for Brahma, Hanuman let the missile entrap him. Hanuman was immediately tied and dragged before Ravana. When asked to identify himself, Hanuman split the chains that bound him as if they were made of straw, announced himself as the messenger of Ram and demanded a seat for himself. Ravana was surprised to hear Ram’s name in his court and annoyed by the monkey’s superior attitude. Hanuman refused to speak any more until he was given a seat due to a royal messenger. When none was forthcoming, he simply elongated his tail and coiled it around to create a very high and impressive seat for himself. Sitting on it, he informed Ravana of Ram’s imminent arrival. ‘Let Sita go or face his wrath,’ he warned the king of the Rakshasas. A furious Ravana ordered his guards to set fire to Hanuman’s tail. When this was done, Hanuman simply swung his tail and leapt from one corner of the palace to another and then from one roof to another setting all of Lanka aflame. After causing maximum damage to the city of the Rakshasas, Hanuman made his way back across the sea.

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