Lankakand
Ahiravan vadh
After Mahiravan's death, his widow queen became furious to take revenge. She thought, "My husband has worshipped Devi Durga (Yogadya) with full devotion. Why did Goddess become an enemy of the king? Goddess Durga is only responsible for all the disturbances in our kingdom; she helped men & monkey to immolate my husband! So I will immerse her idol in water, & then will kill the two men with that monkey!" the queen took bow & arrows & became ready for war. She particularly attacked Hanuman.
Hanuman's all attempts failed in that war, the queen destroyed his each attack! Being worried, Hanuman kicked on her. The queen was pregnant, as a result of Hanuman's kick, a dangerous demon born at once from her womb! He was mature like a young man just after his birth! That son, named Ahiravan, started war with Hanuman. Watching his war, Shri Ram & Lakshman smiled. Hanuman laughed, "A newly born baby has such courage! Unbelievable!"
Ahiravan became indomitable & Hanuman tried to kill him. But couldn't catch him due to the baby's slippery body (as he was covered with blood of mother's womb), whenever Hanuman tried to catch him, he slipped off. Then Hanuman prayed to Pavan Dev, storm appeared & dust covered the body of Ahiravan! Then Hanuman easily caught him & slayed him. Having defeated all enemies, Hanuman returned with Ram-Lakshman. They carried Devi Durga from patal lok in order to establish her in another suitable place.
@Urmila di,
Thank you so much for creating this precious thread for us. I apologize for not visiting it before, but I had to catch up from reading all those pages. And truly, as you said about the composition, this page itself is filled with intellectualism and Bhakti Rasa! :D I truly loved reading those little stories that made the entire Ramayan more beautiful and explained so much about the Raghukul family.
I especially loved reading about Taranisen. By your explanation I truly got a view of what was happening. That was so beautiful. Thanks a lot di!