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| Jai Hanuman |
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Under the leadership of Hanuman, the armies of monkeys and bears reaches the sea from the forests. Form there they could not proceed further. All of them were in a fix as to what to do. They could not go back without any news about Sita. They were pained and demoralised. Sugriva would not even hear the word 'failure'. They would surely be condemned to death. And, what would Rama think of them? They decided to die themselves by not taking any food and water. They did not have the courage to face Rama or Sugriva. They wished they were of any use to their Lord as the vulture-king Jatayu had done. They were not as fortunate as he was to give up their lives in the cause of Lord Rama.
On the beach of the sea, in the Vindhya mountain nearby, a brother of great Jatayu lived in a cave. His name was Sampati. Disturbed by the great noise, created by the wailing of the monkeys and the bears, Sampati was disturbed. He came out of the cave. At the sight of a large army of monkeys and bears crying for death, he was very pleased. He thought he would get food for a long period. But when he heard the name of his brother being mentioned by them, he was alarmed. He came near the monkeys and said to them, "Brave monkeys! Just now you were talking of Jatayu. He is my brother. I have not seen him for many years. What were you saying about him? Kindly tell me what that was."
The monkeys were scared to see an unbelievably large vulture. They were however encouraged to talk to him when found that he had no feathers and was thus harmless.
The monkeys told Sampati that Jatayu died while fighting against Ravana when he was kidnapping Sita.
Sampati was shocked at the sad news of his brother's death. He prayed to the monkeys to take him to the beach so that he might offer water to his departed brother.
Hanuman lifted Sampati and put him on the head of the sea. After having offered water to this brother Jatayu's soul, he prayed to God for his salvation. When he was composed, he said, "I can see that on the other side of the sea, there is a city. Yes, that is the city of Lanka. Name of this city's king is Ravan. He is very powerful and a great devotee of Lord Shiva.
He is so strong and valiant that even Gods tremble before him. In one of his garden, a Goddess-like woman is sitting under a tree in a very pensive mood and miserable state. She must be Sita. Friends, I am unable to offer you any physical help. This is what I could do for you."
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