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Vibheeshan said to Lakshman - "There is no use to wait here, You see this army? Kill them soon. Only after entering the army Meghnaad can be seen. Shower your arrows like this that they should all scatter in a moment. You have to do this soon before Meghnaad finishes his Havan.?

Lakshman and His army started fighting with Meghnaad's army. Both armies were fighting fiercely. When Meghnaad heard this, he got up without finishing his Havan. He came out of the darkness behind the trees and sat in his chariot and came to fight. Raakshas army which ran away fearing Vaanar also returned seeing him coming. Hanumaan uprooted a tree and started destroying Meghnaaad's army. Seeing this thousands of Raakshas surrounded Hanumaan. Hanumaan killed many Raakshas. When Meghnaad saw this scene, he asked his Saarathee to take his chariot near Hanumaan. He thought, "If I will be a little late then he will destroy the whole army."

Saarathee brought his chariot where Hanumaan was. Then Meghnaad started attacking Hanumaan and his army with various weapons. Whatever weapon Meghnaad used, Hanumaan caught it. Then Hanumaan said - "O fool Raavan's son, If you are a true brave warrior then fight properly. You cannot go live from here. If you can fight with me with your arms as a dual fight, then only you have the right to be called as the Swaamee of Raakshas." Hearing this, Meghnaad aimed his arrow at Hanumaan. The then Vibheeshan said to Lakshman - "Meghnaad is wishing to kill Hanumaan. Kill him now."

Sarg 87 - Vibheeshan-Meghnaad Dialog 

Vibheeshan was happy that Meghnaad had not yet completed his Havan. He proceeded forward with Lakshman. At one place, he showed Lakshman Meghnaad's Havan place. There was a very huge banyan tree. Vibheeshan said to Lakshman - "Meghnaad offers sacrifices to Bhoot (ghosts) before he goes to battlefield, that is how he becomes invisible and then kills enemy with best kind of weapons. Let him not come back under this tree and kill him outside this tree along with his Saarathee."

Lakshman stood there only, and made a loud sound of His bow. He saw Meghnaad sitting in his shining chariot. Lakshman called on him - "Come Meghnaad, come. I am challenging you for the fight, so you come and fight with me." Meghnaad saw Vibheeshan with Lakshman, so he said to Vibheeshan - "You are born in Lankaa, you are brought up in Lankaa, you are real brother of my father that is how you are my uncle. I am like your son then why do you have enmity with me? O A-Dharmee, It seems that neither you love friends, nor you love your community, nor you love your relations. Therefore gentlemen do not praise you. Your situation is very bad because you have abandoned your community and accepted the dependence of others. Didn't you know the difference between living with your own people and living dependent on others.

Even if your own brother is without qualities and other one is qualitative, still your own without quality brother is better than the qualitative other person. Because the other person is still other person only. Who leaves his own side and joins the other side, he is only hurt by the other side after his own side is destroyed. Hey Nishaachar (who wanders in night - Raakshas), Nobody can behave in this way with his own people as you have behaved."

Vibheeshan said - "Are you unfamiliar with my nature? Do not behave like this with elders. Although I am born in Raakshas Kul (family), but have one different characteristic from them that is politeness which is the quality of humans. I do not want to do all these harsh Karm, nor I want to do any A-Dharm. Then does one exile his own brother, because he has different nature? One gets happiness after abandoning such people who sin and who do not follow Dharm in the same way as one gets happiness by separating a poisonous snake from his body.

Who snatches other's wealth; who abducts and rapes other's wives and who cheats on his own friend, all three destroy a man soon. Killing Maharshi, fighting with all Devtaa, being proud, developing enmity, going on the opposite paths, these are the bad qualities in my brother. They all destroy life and prosperity. These bad qualities cover the good qualities as clouds cover the Sun. Only because of these bad qualities I have left my brother and your father.

Now neither Lankaa will remain, nor you nor your father will remain alive. You are very proud of yourself and you are still immature and uneducated and ignorant. At this moment you are tied in Kaal Paash, so you may say anything to me whatever you want to say. You have said such harsh words to me that is why now you will not be able to go under the banyan tree. You cannot live after fighting with Hanumaan. You can use all your weapons but you cannot win Lakshman."

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