Shirdi Sai Baba Stories,Leelas and Teachings.: Ram Vijaya-Chapter 45

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Here is chapter-45 from the book Ram Vijaya. Readers who have missed out any chapter can read them by clicking on the link provided below this chapter . Jai Sai Ram.

Ram Vijaya-Chapter 45.

There he became as small as an atom and entered the temple of the goddess. As soon as he saw the goddess, he put her into a drain and, assuming her form, sat in her place. The goddess was frightened, and did not speak a word for fear of life.

The demons as usual made offerings to the goddess consisting of boiled rice, milk, butter and other things which Maruti swallowed up to his heart s content and loudly said to the demons, " I am very much pleased with you, because you have brought today Rama and Lakshuman for my tiffin. Let me have them. Do not open the doors of the temple,because you will not be able to bear my power and lustre. I, therefore, command you to make an opening to one of the walls of the temple and push them in through it, so that I may devour them with a great relish. Do not kill them."

Believing that the goddess was much pleased with them, Ahiravana and Mahiravana removed the trance from Rama and Lakshuman and brought them to the temple. As directed by the goddess, they made an opening to one of the walls of the temple and pushed them in through it. Rama and Lakshuman were frightened at the sight of the goddess, who opened her mouth and said to them, "I shall now devour you, as I am very hungry;but before I do that, name the espouser of your cause."

Whereupon the princes replied, " If Maruti were here, he would come to our rescue. We are now helpless, and throw ourselves on your mercy.Maruti was moved with pity at the princes, and immediately discovered himself to them. " I am now without weapons," said Rama, " and how can
I kill the demons without them?" " You need not be afraid," continued Maruti, " I shall get your weapons here." So saying he brought the weapons and dhanushabans from Suvela. As princes were hungry, Maruti gave them to eat the butter and other things which he had preserved
for them.

After they had appeased their hunger he sat in the place of the goddess, hiding them behind his back, and loudly exclaimed, " I am now ready to bless all my beloved demons one by one. Let Ahiravana come in
first." Ahiravana was extremely glad, as the goddess wanted him first; and without loss of time lie went in and stood before the deity, who trampled him under his foot and instantly killed him. As the demon did not come out for some time, the other demons outside the temple apprehended that there was some mischief in the temple, and began to make enquiries about him, when Maruti broke open the doors of the
temple and killed a great number of the demons with his tail.

Having been informed that his brother was killed by Maruti, Rama and Lakshuman, Mahiravana commenced to fight with them. He let off arrows after arrows at his enemies but they cut them off and let off an arrow and killed the demon with it; but, to their great surprise, they found that every drop of the blood of the demon produced one Mahiravana, and when Rama killed all the Mahiravanas produced by all the drops of the first Mahiravana the drops of so many Mahiravanas produced innumerable Mahiravanas and thus the more Kama killed the Mahiravanas, the more they were produced.

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