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Sarg 20 - Raavan Sends His Messengers to Sugreev

Shaardool named Raakshas saw Sugreev's army staying on the sea shore. That attentive Raakshas immediately went back to Raavan after seeing that army and said to him - "A very large community of monkeys and bears is coming towards Lankaa. This community is as large as another sea. Dashrath's both sons are now approaching Seetaa and are now sitting on the sea shore. This whole army is spread up to 10 Yojan. You and your messengers must know this soon, so whatever you want to do, do it now - Saam, Daam, Dand, or Bhed whatever."

Raavan heard Shaardool and decided something in his mind. He said to his minister Shuk - "You go to Sugreev soon and whatever I say to you tell him without any pressure in sweet words. Tell him "Hey Sugreev, You are born in a royal family. You are the son of Riksh Raaj and are very mighty. You have no enmity with me. And because of being born in a royal family, you are like my brother. If I have abducted a prince's wife, what is bad I have done to you? That is why it is better for you to go back to Kishkindhaa. Monkeys can never get this Lankaa, even Devtaa and Gandharv cannot get it, then what is a human being?"

Shuk immediately flew in the sky taking the form of a bird and said to Sugreev whatever Raavan had said to him to tell Sugreev staying in the sky only. As he was delivering the message of Raavan, monkeys caught him in the sky itself, brought him down on the land and started beating him.

He complained this to Raam - "Hey Raam, Messengers are never to be beaten anywhere in the world, so stop these Vaanar. Who says his own message after delivering Swaamee's message, or who says his own message which has not been told him to say so, that messenger is worth to be killed." Hearing Shuk, Raam stopped Vaanar for beating him.

After that he flew in the sky, and asked Sugreev -"Hey mighty Sugreev, Tell me what should I tell Raavan?" Sugreev said - "Tell him 'Neither you are my friend, nor you are my favorite, nor you have done any good to me; rather you with your family are the enemy of Raam that is why you should be killed like Baali. I will kill you along with your sons and brothers and burn the whole Lankaa. You cannot escape Raam, whether Indra protects you, or you hide in the path of Soorya or in Paataal, or hold Mahaadev's feet. I don't see any Pishaach, Raakshas, Gandharv or Asur in Trilok who can protect you. What did you get by killing poor Jataayu? Did you abduct Seetaa in front of Raam and Lakshman?"

Then Angad spoke - "I don't think he is a messenger. He looks like a secret agent. While he is here, he is looking at all our secrets, that is why arrest him, and don't let him go back to Lankaa." Immediately Vaanar jumped, caught him and tied him. Shuk again started calling on Dashrath and Raam that - "These monkeys are hurting my wings and piercing my eyes. In whichever night I was born, and in whichever night I will die, whatever sins I have committed during that period, they will all go to you if I die." Then Raam again asked Vaanar to release him saying that 'he was a messenger and should not be killed.'

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