Mangalmandir - Maruti Edition (PDF) - Sai Kirtan Group

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In the tall gold buildings studded with jewels, impenetrable rooms and decorated with
water vessels, Lankaa city was resided by only demons. With foggy forms, they were
walking everywhere on the royal route, some laughing with beautiful demonesses, while
some considered life of enjoying intoxicating drinks. Some with form of buffaloes, others
with form of donkeys. Some were engaged in slaughtering goats, buffaloes, cows, camels
etc. And some demons were devouring whole animals. Some were engaged in cooking
meat dishes. And some were involved in wrestling while others were playing in the water
with beautiful demonesses. Some were enjoying walking in the gardens and arborateums.
Others were fallen drunk from tub fulls of liquor, shouting incomprehensible jibber.
It was as if the whole of Lankaa was engulfed with demoniac – taamasic activity!
And the wealth of Lankaa was also exceptional. In the whole of the cosmos whatever
beautiful women or girls there were, they were alos selected and gathered there by the
demons there – girls of the celestials, girls of the deities, girls of the musicians of the
deities and so forth. All all those women Raavan fancied, they were taken by Raavan into
his abode. The remaining who were kept captive by the demons exemplified the beauty
of Lankaa.
How can the beauty of Lankaa be described? All the seasons were coming to fruition
simultaneously. The whole of Lankaa was washed each day with the rains from the
clouds. The rubbish was blown away by the wind each day. The rubbish of Lankaa was
incinerated by fire each day. All the wealth and splendour of the creation resided in
Lankaa.
Mahaavir Hanumaanji was intensely observing the city of Lankaa. His sight was was not
just engaged in observing the spleandour of Lankaa, but he was measuring all the essence
of Lankaa with his eyes and intellect! So that he could get insight of how to search for
Sitaaji and guidance for the conduct of the forthcoming war.
Surrounding Lankaa was a range mountains like a fort and strong soldiers equipped with
weapons were constantly keeping guard. How come such a splendid and wealthy city was
in the hands of toh very sinful demons? Hanumaanji had a doubt come to his heart for a
moment.
But wise people‘s doubts are also settled by their hearts. The demonic wealth gained by
taamasic quality is seen to increase at tremendous rate. The crop grown with manure of
excreta grows very quickly. But such taamasic wealth has very short life. When it
perishes, then it gets eradicated by the root and producing great consternation to its
bearer.
What even if one obtains suc demonic wealth? And even what if one does not obtain it?
And in that which does not have ―Raam‖ in it, such heavenly splendour is like body
without the soul. Wealth obtained immorally and unlawfully and without righteous
intellect – would it not also not be used for such purposes?
Thinking so, it came to be evening time. The cloak of darkness began to veil over all the
directions of the Lankaa city. Mahaavir Hanumaanji alighted from the peak of Suwel and
he entered the city through one of the entrances to the city assuming a very minute form.
But as soon as he tried to enter, the overseeing deity of the Lankaa city herself presented
in the form a demoness. Stopping Hanumaanji, she said: ―Oh! And who are you? Why
are you entering without acknowledging me? Do you not know I am the presiding deity
of Lankaa, and thieving people like you are my food?‖
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