The Sundara Kanda - Rai Bahadur Lala Baij Nath

 CHAPTER IV
(Hanuman’s Visit to Ravana)

1. As the lord of the monkeys was going through the town bound by the noose and looking at the place as if frightened, the people who came to see him angrily struck him with fists on all four sides.

2. The Brahma weapon having touched his body, disappeared forthwith in a moment on account of the boon given to him by Brahma. Knowing this, though bound by slender ropes, Hanuman went along on account of the importance of the work in hand.

3. Having taken him to the audience hall of Ravana, the conqueror of foes (Indrajit) said, "I have bound the monkey with the Brahma weapon and have brought him who killed the great asuras."

4. "Let my lord do what is proper of him after consulting his ministers. This monkey is no ordinary monkey." Then having looked at Prahasta who was standing in front of him like a black mountain, the lord of the Rakshasas said:

© "The Adhyatma Ramayana" by Rai Bahadur Lala Baij Nath, published by Oriental Books, 54, Rani Jhansi Road, New Delhi 110 055. Part III of this article appeared in Splendour, February, 2004 issue.

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