Upon reaching Lanka, Hanuman ji saw Maa Sita sitting under a tree in Ashok vatika. She looked frail & tired; he observed that she spent the whole night sitting in meditation of Shri Rama.

Upon reaching Lanka, Hanuman ji saw Maa Sita sitting under a tree in Ashok vatika. She looked frail & tired; he observed that she spent the whole night sitting in meditation of Shri Rama.

At that moment Ravan entered the vatika with many Rakshasis. He threatened Sita & told her that she would be very happy if she would marry him. Hearing this, Sita picked up a blade of grass as a shield & told Ravan that he had no idea about the speed & strength of her Lord’s arrows & that he would meet his end soon because he had got her in Lanka by deceit. Ravan, in his anger, removed his sword & told Sita that she had insulted him & he could even sever her head from her body if she did not listen to him.

Maa Sita replied to him that she preferred to die by his sword than listen to him. She also told him that Shri Rama’s arms were as gentle as a lotus garland but at the same time as strong as an elephant trunk. Ravan moves towards Sita, but is stopped by Mandodari, who tells him it is against the valour of a man to raise his hand on a woman. Ravan then goes home but gives Sita an ultimatum to agree within one month or he will kill her.

Later Hanuman joins his hands & aak Ravan to leave Sita Mata as he came from a very pious family. Shri Rama would forgive him as he is an ocean of pity & never refuses his devotees or those who take refuge in him. He also tells him that Shiva, shri Vishnu & Brahma will not help him if he goes against Shri Rama. He asks him to give up his ego & gives him a lot of examples about Bhakti, knowledge & Vairagya to which Ravan replies in a conceited tone.

Hanumanji then tells him that his death was very near under the hands of Shri Rama, Ravana’s anger knows no bounds. He immediately told his soldiers to kill him, but his courtmen then explained to him that it was unjust to kill a messenger & they should punish him in some other way. Ravan then tells them to put his tail on fire & let him go because only then he can tell his Swami Ramji about Lanka.

Hanuman ji’s tail was tied up with cloth dipped in ghee but so much was consumed that all the cloth in Lanka was consumed as Hanuman Ji went on increasing the length of his tail. All the people of Lanka collected to watch the sight. As Hanuman ji’s tail was set alight he took a very small form & started jumping from one palace on to the other, setting Lanka ablaze. People frantically started running from one place to the other & there was a lot of loss & destruction except for Vibhishan’s house which stood quiet & peaceful watching all the other houses go down in flames. Hanuman Ji did not get hurt by the fire because he was a messenger of Shri Rama. Thus after finishing Lanka he plunged into the ocean! 🐒🌈🌀🐵🕉🌈

Jai Shri Ram ~ Jai Mahavir Hanuman 🕉🐒🌈🐵🌀🌈🙏🏻