RAM THE
VICTORIOUSfay Gada fae a ae
trarpar fey Gove aT SS
The power to discriminate cannot be
attained without keeping the company of
saintly people. And such company cannot
be had without the grace of Shri Ram.RAM SALLIED FORTH WITH HIS ENORMOUS ARMY IN SEARCH OF SITA. HIS TROOPS:
OF MONKEYS AND BEARS WERE OF VARIED COLOURS, BUT EACH OF THEM WAS
‘STRONG AND BRAVE.
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THE NEWS OF THE ENEMYS APPROACH
REACHED LANKA. RAVAN'S WIFE, MANDODARI,
WAS DISTURBED.
MY LORD, DON'T 7 HA! HA! YOU ARE SO
FIGHT WITH RAM. SOFT-HEARTED! IF THE
SEND SITA BACK WITH| MONKEYS COME HERE,
‘AN ENVOY. RAM'S. WILL MAKE A MEAL OF|
ARROWS WILL FINISH A THEM, DONT WORRY,
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UR ARMY OF, DEAR WIFE.
RAVAN LAUGHED AND EMBRACED HER
BEFORE HE LEFT.
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CONQUERED DEMONS
AND GODS ALIKE! WHAT
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ALL EXCEPT HIS BROTHER, VIBHEESHAN.
IF YOU DESIRE YOUR
WELFARE AND GLORY, DONT
CAST YOUR EYES ON
ANOTHER MAN'S WIFE,
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PULA’
THIS MESSAGE TO YOU
THROUGH His DISCIPLE,
VIBHEESHAN ENTREATED WITH RAVAN TO BE HUMBLE:
BEFORE THE MIGHT OF RAM.
‘YOUR YOUNGER
BROTHER IS RIGHT,
OKING, LISTEN TO
IUR GRANDFATHER
RAVAN WAS ENRAGED BY THIS OPPOSITION TO
HIS PLANS.
USING WISE WORDS FROM SACRED SCRIPTURES LIKE
‘THE VEDAS AND PURANAS, VIBHEEGHAN GAVE RAVAN
| VIBHEESHAN! DO YOU REALISE
‘YOU ARE GLORIFYING MY
ENEMY! | SHOULD GET RID OF
1U TWO!
MAIYAVAN, THE OLD MINISTER, LEFT THE COURT
‘AT ONCE. BUT VIBHEESHAN CONTINUED TO
PLEAD WITH RAVAN WITH FOLDED HANDS.
‘SOUND ADVICE.
I CLASP YOUR FEET,
BROTHER RAVAN, AND BEG
‘YOU TO RETURN SITA TO
YOU WRETCH!
YOUR DEATH Io
WILL GOME TO YOU, CERI NOM:
RAVAN ROSE UP IN FURY AND BELLOWED AT
HIS BROTHER.
YOU FOOL! HOW DARE YOU LIVE ON
MY GENEROSITY AND YET SUPPORT
MY ENEMY. GO AND JOIN THEM AND
PREACH YOUR SERMONS 10
THEM. GO!
RAVAN KICKED VIBHEESHAN WITH DISGUST.
IN HIS ATTEMPT TO ASSUAGE RAVAN'S RAGE, VIBHEESHAN
TOOK THE INSULT IN HIS STRIDE AND DID NOT LOSE HIS:
COMPOSURE,
YOU CAN HIT ME, RAVAN, AS
YOU ARE LIKE A FATHER TO ME.
BUT YOUR WELFARE LIES INRam, the Victorious
THE GUARDS AT RAM'S CAMP STOPPED VIBHEESHAN AT THE
VIBHEESHAN GATHERED HIS SUPPORTERS AND,
WITH HIG DEMONIC POWERS, TOOK TO THE AIR. GATE AND REPORTED TO SUGREEY, WHO CONVEYED THE
| 0H, RAVAN! 681 RAM sence |
ri: WHAT DO YOU
‘TRUTH AND VIRTUE. YOUR KINGDOM IS eee ey
FRIEND?
DOOMED, DON'T BLAME ME NOW FOR
DESERTING YOU AND GOING 10
RAM FOR REFUGE.
VIBHEESHAN AND HIS ALLIES FLEW
THE SEA TO THE OTHER SHORE. i
HANUMAN WAS THRILLED TO HEAR RAMS WORDS.
ISUGREEV WAS WARY OF THE WAYS OF THE DEMONS.
THEY ARE WILY AND YOU ARE RIGHT AND
ONE WHO DOES NOT
PROTECT A PROTEGE AND:
‘CUNNING. THEY CAN COME] YOUR SUGGESTION IS
HEREIN ANY GUISE, — [ POLITICALLY WISE, BUT MY ) AFFECTION FOR His;
PERHAPS HE IS HERE AS A\ VOW IS TO BEFRIEND ANY PROTEGE. ‘APPREHENDS EVIL FROM HIM
sa 16 VILE, SINFUL AND
‘ABOMINABLE.
‘SINGLE-HANDEDLY
DISPOSE OF ALL
ANY CASE, BRING
HIM TO ME.
VIBHEESHAN BOWED AND PROSTRATED BEFORE RAM,
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RAM PICKED HIM UP AND CLASPED HIM 0 | | CALLING FOR WATER FROM THE SEA, RAM APPLIED THE
HIS BOSOM WITH HIS MIGHTY ARMS. ‘SACRED MARK OF SOVEREIGNTY ON VIBHEESHANS
TELL ME, PRINCE OF Wise] WEEE) | FOREHEAD. FLOWERS RAINED DOWN FROM THE HENENS,
LANKA, IB ALL WELL WITH Jag] )/ wow, evoreev AND
PERHAPS YOU SHOULD
YIBHEESHAN, TELL ME HOW
Betoos Mo buet oan, ) (REQUEST THE resDNc
FILLED WITH CROCODILES:
RAM LIKED THE SUGGESTION, BUT THEN HE MADE A MAT OF KUSHA GRASS BY THE
LAKSHMAN DID NOT SUPPORT THE IDEA, SEASHORE AND SATIN A RESPECTFUL STANCE, BOWING
RAM LAUGHED AND GALMED LAKSHMAN'S RAGE. | | MINGLED WITH THE SOLDIERS OF RAM'S ARMY.
HOWEVER, THEY WERE SOON SPOTTED AND. THE MONKEYS WERE HAPPY TO DO 60. BUT THE
BROUGHT BEFORE SUGREEY, BOUND IN ROPES. ‘SPIES USED A CLEVER PLOY TO SAVE THEM SELVES
Ie gis FROM MUTILATION, —
LAKSHMAN HEARD THEIR PLEAS AND SUMMONED THEM.Ram, the Victorious
HE LAUGHED AT THEIR CLEVER TRICK, SET THEM ‘THE SPIES RETURNED TO RAVANS COURT.
FREE, AND TOLD THEM TO RETURN TO LANKA.
0, TELL ME HOW YOUN //VIBHEESHAN HAS BEEN Vi
TAKE THIS NOTE AND GIVE ITY poeKibe Orta \|_ FARED, HAVE THE TWO. \ ROYALLY RECEIVED BY RAM. WV
TO RAVAN. TELL HIM, 'READ, SURRENDER GI, BROTHERS TURNED BACK THE ARMY OF RAM HAS:
YOU DESTROYER OF YOUR | “no.enn, ‘wise’ | FOR FEAROF ME? HOW] COUNTLESS MONKEYS AND
SA NS TO ear MAN WITH RAN ECE /\ io ViSHEESHAN, WHOSE A “ BEARS WHO ARE HUGE
RAVAN WAS UNPERTURBED BY THE NEWS THAT RAM.
MANTA Bue WAS PRAYING TO THE OCEAN FOR A FATH.
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LANKA AND KILLED YOUR SON HA! HA! HA! HOW STUPIDE
‘AKGHAYKUMAR, IS NOT THE. NO WONDER HE HAS ONLY
STRONGEST OF THEM, THERE MONKEYS IN HIS ARMY. AND