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652:). But to his surprise, all these weapons came back after saluting Lord Lakshmana. Indrajit realised that Lakshmana was not an ordinary human and had met the criteria to defeat Indrajita, i.e. blunder the yagna and not sleep for more than 14 years. Indrajita vanished briefly from the battlefield, returning to Ravana at the royal palace, and reported the developments, proposing that his father make peace with Rama as it's impossible to win over divine incarnations, Lord Shree Rama and Lord Lakshmana. Ravana, blinded with pride, was unrelenting and annoyed, claiming that Indrajita was a coward for having fled the battlefield. This accusation provoked Indrajita who briefly lost his temper, striking fear even at the mighty Ravana's heart before apologizing and clarifying to his father that his primary duty as a son was to serve his father's best interests and that even in the face of death, he would never abandon Ravana. Preparing to return to the battle and knowing that he indeed faced death at the hands of a heavenly incarnation, Indrajita said his last goodbyes to his parents and his wife. He returned to the battlefield and fought Lakshmana with all his skill at both illusion warfare and sorcery. The arrows of Indrajita refused to harm Lakshmana because Lakshmana was the incarnation of 355: 597: 458:, calling on Rama and Lakshmana to come in a direct combat by his illusion tactics of sorcery, so he could avenge the deaths of his paternal uncle and his brothers. When Lakshmana appeared before him, he fought fiercely. Lord Shree Ram grievously wounded him using shabd-bhed arrows and Lord Lakshman was about to kill him using Bramhastra but Lord Shree Ram resisted him from doing so citing that it's against the rules of warfare to attack an invisible opponent. Lord Shree Ram declared that he would end Meghnada once and for all and Meghnada predicting Lord Shree Ram's intentions, ran away from the battlefield. Meghnada used his most nefarious weapon 1134: 45: 589: 443: 496: 557:
him and fought him fiercely. Indrajita used his supreme magical powers, darting across the clouds and skies like a bolt of lightning. He combined his skills of sorcery and illusion warfare, repeatedly vanishing and reappearing behind Lakshmana's back. He was invisible but his arrows hit Lakshmana. Still he wasn't able to match Lord Lakshmana and found him unbeatable. Indrajita used the
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or the "Nikumbhila yagna" would be completed, he will get a celestial chariot, mounting on which, any enemy can't kill him in a war and become invulnerable. But Brahma also cautioned him that whosoever would destroy this yagna, would also kill him. Brahma was highly impressed by Meghanada's valor in
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intervened and asked Meghanada to free Indra. Meghanada obliged and was granted a chance to ask for a boon from Brahma. Meghanada asked for immortality, but Brahma remarked that absolute immortality is against the law of the nature. Instead, he was then granted another boon that after the completion
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being destroyed by the armies of Lakshmana and his treacherous plan failed, Indrajita became enraged and stormed out of the Temple Cave. Seeing his uncle Vibhishana at Lakshmana's side multiplied Indrajita's fury manyfold. He vowed to kill his uncle Vibhisana along with Lakshmana once and for all,
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When Indrajita discovered that both Rama and Lakshmana had been rescued by Garuda and were still alive, he was livid and vowed to kill at least one of the brothers on that day. When the battle started, he used all his force to cast a havoc on the armies of Sugriva. At this Lakshmana appeared before
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Indrajita had the special ability to fight from the sky, hidden behind the clouds. That is why both Rama and Lakshmana were defeated during the battle and were tied up by the snake. In Sanskrit, the literal translation of the name "Indrajita" (इन्द्रजित) is mentioned as the "Conqueror of
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this war and it was Brahma who coined him the name Indrajita ("the conqueror of Indra"). It is also believed that Meghanada was granted another boon by Brahma in which it was promised to him that he would only be killed by a common man who hadn't slept for 14 years continuously.
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incarnated as Rama's brother Lakshmana, to kill Indrajita, didn't have any sleep for more than fourteen years during their exile so that he would be able to serve Rama and Sita efficiently and meet the criteria to kill Indrajita.
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letting loose the Yama-astra which he had been conserving for punishing Vibhishana's perceived treason. At this juncture, Lakshmana protected Vibhishana, countering the Yama-astra owing to an earlier warning by
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When Indrajita learned that Lakshmana had survived again, he went to his native deity's secret temple to perform the yagna that would make him a warrior who can't be killed by anyone.
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against Lakshmana from his behind, and upon being impaled Lakshmana fell unconscious, poised to die precisely at the following sunrise. His life was saved by
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Meghanada was also an expert in magical warfare, sorcery and tantra. His wife is not mentioned in the original epic; however in later versions of the epic,
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During the battle between the devas and Ravana, Indra, king of heavens accompanied by all other devas captured
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twice while they were both armed by making them unconscious in a battle with the help of
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A painting of Meghanada after his victory over Indra by Raja Ravi Varma
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played the character of Indrajita in the 2023 Bollywood movie
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and the enemy of the serpents and also the flying vehicle of
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Indrajita was played by Praphulla Pandey in the 2008 series
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texts. He is a major character mentioned in the Indian epic
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portrayed the role of Indrajita in the legendary tv series
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Killing Of Indrajita Painting by Balasaheb Pant Pratinidhi
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in a single day; nearly exterminating the entirety of the
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The Slaying of Meghanada by Michael Madhusudan Datta (
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Rama & Lakshmana Bound By Indrajita's Nagapasha
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Index

Meghanad

Ravana
Mandodari
Atikaya
Akshaya Kumara
Narantaka
Devantaka
Trishira
Sulochana
Lanka
Sanskrit
lit.
IAST
Indra
Hindu texts
Ravana
crown prince
Lanka
Indraloka
Heaven
Hindu
Ramayana
central character
Bengali ballad
Meghnad Badh Kavya
Rama
Ravana
Shukra
devas

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