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Sarg 44 - Hanuman Kills Jaambmaalee After Kikkar and Durjaya, Prahast's another son Jaambmaalee went to fight with Hanumaan by the order of Raavan. He had large teeth. He wore red clothes, a necklace in his neck and earrings in his ears. He seemed infallible. He came riding on a chariot driven by donkeys. When he came, Hanumaan was sitting in the inner part of the temple. Jaambmaalee shot many arrows at Hanumaan. Then he shot Ardhchandra named arrow at the mouth of Hanumaan and wounded his head by Karnee named arrow. He shot 10 arrows at his arms also. Blood flowed from Hanumaan's mouth. Hanumaan hit him with a rock but Jaambmaalee broke it with his arrow. This time Hanumaan threw a Shaal tree which he cut with his four arrows. Then Jaambmaalee shot 10 arrows at Hanumaan's chest and arms. Hanumaan got wounded. Then Hanumaan hit Jaambmaalee with a Parigh which killed him. Hearing the news of Jaambmaalee's death Raavan got very furious. He sent seven brave Amaatya's (minister's) sons to arrest Hanumaan. Sarg 45 - Hanumaan Kills Seven Sons By the order of Raavan, the seven sons of his minister went to fight with Hanuman. They also went riding their chariots. Each of them had the desire of victory. Their mothers got very sad because they had already heard about the killing of Kikkar. Now all ran towards Hanumaan and started showering arrows. Hanumaan went into sky to cheat them, so their aims were missing all the time. Hanumaan thought "I should test their strength" so he started hitting them with fist and nails. He killed some by his loud scream, some by crushing their thighs and chest. After the minister's sons were killed, their army also ran away. But Hanumaan killed many running away soldiers too and he still wanted to fight more so he went back and wait again. Sarg 46 - Hanuman Kills Five Army Chiefs Now Raavan got impatient hearing the news of the killing of his minister's sons. He started planning for his future actions carefully. He ordered his five brave army chiefs to arrest Hanuman. They should take as much army as they needed and they should go there carefully. He said - "He doesn't seem to be Vaanar by his actions. He is destroying my large armies. I guess that Indra is trying to insult us. Because you have already defeated Indra, Gandharv, Asur, Naag, Yaksh, that is why Rishi have sent this Vaanar to destroy us. Therefore do not consider him as an ordinary Vaanar and deal with him carefully. I know those brave Baali, Sugreev, Jaambvaan, Neel etc Vaanar. They cannot act like this, nor they are so brave and powerful as he is. They are neither so intelligent, nor have so much strength, nor so much courage. They cannot even change their form. He is some very powerful being in the form of a Vaanar. I know it very well that nobody in the world can stand you in the battlefield, still it is always proper to be careful." Thus those five brave army chieves came to the temple and saw Hanumaan sitting on the roof of the temple. He surely looked very brave, courageous and powerful. All Raakshas started using their weapons. Durdhar shot five sharp arrows at Hanumaan's head. As he shot them, Hanumaan flew in the sky and gave a loud cry which shook all directions. Then Hanumaan jumped on Durdhar's chariot and killed all eight horses and broke his chariot's axle. so he fell dead on the ground. Virupaaksh and Yoopaaksh got very angry at the death of Durdhar. So both hit Hanumaan with fists and hands Hanumaan uprooted a Shaal tree and hit them with it and killed both of them. Now Praghas and Bheemkarn Raakshas went to him and hit him with their spears. Blood flowed from Hanumaan's body. He took some trees and rocks and threw them on both of them and killed them too. When Hanumaan killed all the five army chiefs, he started killing their army. Their dead bodies were lying all around. After killing them Hanumaan again sat on the roof of the temple.
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