मांधाता

ratri hone par shatrughn ne maharshi chyavan se lavanasur ke vishay mean any janakari praph‍t ki tatha poochha ki us shool se kaun-kaun shooravir mare gaye haian. chyavan rrishi bole, 'he raghunandan! shiv ji ke is trishool se ab tak asankhy yoddha mare ja chuke haian. tumhare kul mean tumhare poorvaj raja maandhata bhi isi ke dvara mare gaye the.

shatrughn dvara poora vivaran poochhe jane par maharshi ne bataya, 'he rajh! poorvakal mean maharaja yuvanashh‍v ke putr mahabali mandhata ne svarg vijay ki ichchha se devaraj indr ko yudadh ke liye lalakara. tab indr ne un se kaha ki raja!' abhi to tum samast prithvi ko hi vash mean nahian kar sake ho, phir devalok par akraman ki ichchha kyoan karate ho? tum pahale madhuvan nivasi lavanasur par vijay prapt karo. yah sunakar raja prithvi par laut aye aur lavanasur se yuddh karane ke liye usake pas apana doot bheja. parantu us narabhakshi lavan ne us doot ka hi bhakshan kar liya. jab raja ko isaka pata chala to unhoanne krodhit hokar us par banoan ki prachand varsha prarambh kar di. un banoan ki asahy pi da se pi dit ho us rakshas ne shankar se prapt us shool ko uthakar raja ka vadh kar dala. is prakar us shool mean b da bal hai. he raghukulashreshth! mandhata ko is shool ke vishay mean koee janakari nahian thi atah ve dhokhe mean mare gaye. parantu tum niahsandeh hi us rakshas ko marane mean saphal hoge.