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After losing chariot, horses & charioteer, Indrajit said to his troops-It’s dark all around & hard to identify whether one belongs to self or enemy. You courageously fight with Vānaras & I’ll return to battlefield after ascending another chariot. Indrajit deceiving Vānaras, entered Lankā & arranged for an embellished chariot yoked to excellent horses & charioteer


Returning back, Indrajit attacked Laxman & Vibhishana. All were surprised seeing Indrajit on chariot & impressed on his alacrity & intelligence. Stretching his bow in a circle, Indrajit exhibited supreme agility & began to kill 1000’s of Vānaras. Blazing & hostile with anger, Laxman tore Indrajit’s bow. When demon hurriedly got hold of another, it was broken too


Laxman struck Indrajit on his chest with 5 deadly serpentine arrows. Ejecting blood from his mouth, Indrajit grabbed another bow & with agility streamed forth shower of arrows, which were coolly warded off by Laxman. Remaining unperplexed, Laxman pierced all demons who stood there with 3 arrows each, struck Indrajit & eliminated his charioteer. Bereft of charioteer, the horses ran in a circular fashion drawing chariot


Laxman then pierced the horses & they lay dead. Indrajit shot a missile at Laxman’s armor but realized it was impenetrable. He shot 3 on Laxman’s forehead & was himself struck on his face by 7 arrows. Indrajit then shot 3 arrows on Vibhishana, who in turn struck onto his bosom. Laxman intercepted & again a heavy exchange of mystic missiles happened between 2 warriors. There was matching response from each other & all stood stupefied seeing this


Varuna missile was countered with Rudra, Agni with Sun & Kutamudgara with Maheshwara. Laxman then fitted missile presided by Indra & prayed-If Rām has set his mind on virtue & is 2nd to none in prowess, let Indrajit be destroyed. The arrow decked with gold, having beautiful plumes, venomous & shining brightly was drawn to the ear on string of Laxman’s bow & went straight towards Indrajit


As it hit, the large head of Indrajit was separated from trunk & moistened with blood fell on ground shining like gold

The TITAN fell and Vānaras together with Vibhishana roared & rejoiced. The celestials showered petals on Laxman & they played music to celebrate the death of Rāvan’s son, the perpetrator of Adharma


The scared demons left their weapons & ran towards Lankā. “Laxman is Victorious” reverberated in all quarters. It was turning point in the war


Prayers are not an escape from responsibility. It’s not a magic wand to solve all problems, but is a complement to our prudent action, and not it’s replacement. Praying sincerely & acting responsibly is the perfect combination. This makes us humble to acknowledge the divine omnipresence & omnipotence and push us to act diligently with best of our abilities


Prayers help us to increase our concentration, dependence on higher powers to enable us to serve & be focused on the purpose of our actions


Thoughts? #gameoflife

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