Rama Lakshman Janaki in Exile no-watermark
Hanuman decided to talk to her when she was alone. So, he climbed the tree above her and hid himself amongst the branches. In a short while, Ravana reached the garden and tried his best to make Sita like him. Hanuman was furious to hear such talk that he wanted to kill Ravana at that very spot. Sita even refused to listen to what Ravana was saying, and closing her ears said in a firm voice “I belong to Rama totally. Rama will definitely come and rescue me. That will be the final day of your life. Get out.” The irritated Ravana ordered the Rakshasis to make Sita change her mind with the exception of kind Rakshasi called Trijata; all the others pestered Sita but in vain. Finally, they gave up and went off to sleep. Unable to bear the situation any longer, Sita decided to hang herself from the tree and die. Hanuman who was watching Sita said softly “Rama, Rama,” Sita stopped and looked up. She saw a monkey. She thought that Ravana was up to some magic tricks. Hanuman then talked about what Rama liked and what he did not. Sita’s hand which was about to tie the noose stopped.
Hanuman slowly got down from the tree and bowing his head before Sita, introduced himself as Rama’s humble servant. To remove any doubts from her mind, Hanuman showed her the ring sent by Rama. Tears of happiness filled up Sita’s eyes as soon as she saw her husband’s ring. She could then believe Hanuman when he told her that Rama would soon be waging a war against Ravana and rescue her from Lanka. She gave Hanuman one of her ornaments and blessed him “Please convey my love to Rama. Let him kill Ravana and rescue me from here very soon. Let there be no obstacles in your way. Be successful. Now that Hanuman had met Sita, he decided that he would find out about Ravenna’s army and his strength and inform Sugriva of them. He had a plan. He provoked all the Rakshasas to attack him and when they did, he jumped and trampled all the trees in Asoka garden.
The Rakshasas rushed to capture him but he killed them, when Ravenna’s commander-in-chief and other able soldiers tried to catch the monkey but were defeated and killed by the mighty monkey. When Ravana heard about the destruction caused by a monkey, he sent his son Indrajit to capture the monkey. Indrajit was a very skilled warrior, who, at one time, had even defeated Devendra. He used one of his powerful weapons on Hanuman, imprisoned him and dragged him to Ravenna’s court. When Hanuman was brought before the king, he was very impressed with the ten-headed Ravana. His court was very grand and dazzling. Ravana was sitting on a high throne. As soon as Hanuman came face to face with Ravana, he freed himself from chains and ropes, prepared a high seat out of his very long tail and sat on it. “O Monkey! Who are you? And why did you destroy the Asoka garden” asked Ravana. “Sir” replied Hanuman “I am Rama’s messenger. I came to Lanka in search of Sita. You have committed a great mistake by abducting Sita. If you want to live, you return Sita to Rama gracefully and seek refuge in him. Otherwise you are sure to die”. Having warned Ravana thus, Hanuman added “Listen! I myself could have rescued Sita from here and carry her on my shoulders. But I do not have such orders. Only Rama should do this. And don’t underestimate Rama. He is the lord of the entire universe. Don’t seek your own destruction by angering him.”