Rama Lakshman Janaki in Exile no-watermark
Sugriva, Hanuman, angad, Neel killed many Rakshasas and every time they killed, cried out “Victory to Sri Rama!” The Rakshasas fought equally well. Especially at night, they used their magical powers and were responsible for the death of many Vanaras. But the death toll in Ravenna’s army was very, very high. This upset Ravana very much because he had thought that it was very easy to defeat an army of monkeys. But his son Indrajit swore that Rama and Lakshmana would both be dead before the morning. This filled Ravana with delight. He embraced his son and told him “Indrajit, I am proud of you. May success be yours?” Indrajit used the darkness of the night and waged the war with skill and valor. Many Vanaras died at his hands. Indrajit then employed serpent-like arrows which entwined themselves around Rama and Lakshmana as snakes. The poison emitted by these snakes made Rama and Lakshmana lose consciousness. Both of them fell to the ground. Taking them to be dead. Indrajit conveyed this good news to his father. Needless to say, Ravana was extremely happy. This news was conveyed to Sita and she was brought in flying-machine to show her the fate of her husband and her brother-in-law. She was grief stricken that her dearest husband was dead. Soon, the whole of Lanka was agog with the news that Rama and Lakshmana were found dead in the battle field. But only Vibhishana knew that Rama and Lakshmana had lost consciousness.
Soon Rama regained consciousness but Lakshmana had not recovered from the snake poison. His body was slowly turning blue and Rama was extremely worried. The Devas who were watching this from the heaven instructed Garuda* to save Rama and Lakshmana from the snakes. When the snakes saw that Garuda was about to swoop down on them, they unwound themselves and disappeared into snake pits. Rama and Lakshmana soon came back to normal. Garuda warned them to be careful about Indrajit and flew into high skies again. Ravana sent many more Rakshasas, who were very good at fare. But each one of them died at the hands of Hanuman, Neela and other valiant Vanaras. Ravana felt very humiliated. He immediately rushed to Kumbakarna who was fast asleep. With great difficulty, Ravana woke up his brother. “Kumbakarna, if you love me, go and kill my enemies” he ordered. Kumbakarna had to obey his brother. So, he got out of his enormous bed and walked towards the battle field. He was so huge and massive; it appeared as if a big mountain had entered the battle field.
Kumbakarna lifted Sugriva and Hanuman easily. He thrashed Hanuman on the ground and tucked Sugriva under his arm. But Sugriva managed to escape by leaping high into the sky and stood behind Rama. The enraged Kumbakarna challenged Rama and a fierce battle was waged. Rama used one of his powerful weapons and chopped Kumbakarna’s arms and legs. He used another weapon which separated Kumbakarna’s head from his body. Kumbakarna died. The Vanaras felt very happy at this success. Ravana was shocked to hear about Kumbakarna’s death. Even then, he decided to continue the war. So, he sent his sons Devanathaka, Naranthaka, Trishiraska and Atikaya to the battle. But they were no match for the Vanaras and soon Ravana received news about their deaths too. Ravana was terribly shaken by these losses. Grief-stricken, he slumped to the ground. Indrajit who saw his father lose courage, tried to instill some confidence in him and said, “Father, as long as I alive please do not think of defeat. This time, my arrows will not spare Rama and Lakshmana. I will soon be back victorious.”