

She was still worried about Ram’s ability to cross the ocean.

Sita Maa blessed him further for all successes and to have the ability to grant anything to anybody 9. Suddenly he remembered Sita Maa and jumped into ocean, extinguished the fire and stood before her. Hanuman continued to race all over jumping from one palace to another and burnt all the residences except that of Vibheeshana. Sita Maa was informed of all this and she immediately prayed to the Fire God to lose its ability to burn. All those who were laughing and clapping earlier were now beating their chests and wailing. As soon as they lit fire to the cloth, Hanuman made himself a tiny monkey and jumped up to the roofs and walls of the houses. While they did that, Hanuman increased the size and length of his tail so much so that all the clothes and oil of the city were used up. Hanuman was taken out on the street and his tail was wrapped in a cloth soaked in oil. Raavana immediately ordered that the tail of the monkey messenger be burnt. At that very moment Vibheeshana arrived in the court and counseled Raavana not to kill an ambassador, but rather teach him a lesson for his arrogance by hurting his limbs. You were born in the family of sage Pulatsya, it does not behoove you what you have done to yourself.” Raavana was furious and ordered his court guards to kill Hanuman. When your guards started to hurt me I only retaliated. I came here to see Sita Maa and with her permission I ate some fruits. Nobody can stand in front of such a Lord.

It is this very Ram who killed Taadakaa, Khara and Trishiraa, and recently even Vaali with just one arrow.

You encountered him in the court of Janaka where you could not even push the bow. He said, “I am the messenger of Shri Ram, who incarnates repeatedly to punish people like you and who protects dharma, the cow, and the Brahmins. Hanuman noticed the arrogance of Raavana and decided to deflate his ego. Raavana asked him the reason for all this destruction in the orchard and to reveal his true identity. Hanuman did not want to dishonor the noose of Brahmaa so he allowed himself to be roped and he was presented in the court of Raavana. Then the other son Meghanaada came and captured Hanuman with the help of Brahmaa’s noose. Akshaya Kumaar the son of Raavana came but he was killed. The guardsmen of the orchard reported the matter in the court. Once Hanuman got permission, he went and started eating and breaking the trees. Destruction of Ashoka Vaatikaa and meeting with Raavana:
