Meghanada obliged and was granted a chance to ask for a boon from Brahma.
RAMAYAN MEGHNATH FREE
At this juncture, Lord Brahma intervened and asked Meghanada to free Indra. Ravana and Meghanada decided to kill Indra. Meghanada tied and mounted Indra onto his celestial chariot and brought him to Ravana in Lanka. To rescue his father, Meghanada attacked Indra and his elephant Airavata, and defeated all the Devas, even Indra. During the battle between the Devas and Ravana, Lord Indra, king of heavens accompanied by all other devas captured Ravana. He was married to Sulochanathe virtuous daughter of the King of the serpents, Shesha Naga. Meghanada was also an expert in magical warfare, sorcery and tantra. Ravana became furious at this and blamed Shani. All the planets aligned in such a way that they came in the 11th house of Meghanada's horoscope. Because of Ravana's anger and power, all the planets and constellations feared him.Īll the planets were in the position as desired by Ravana at time of his son Meghanada's birth. To make his son immortal, he commanded all the planets and constellations in such a position that would allow his son to be born the way he wanted. Ravana wanted his son to be the ultimate warrior and extremely knowledgeable. When Meghanada was going to be born, Ravana wished his son to be supreme so that no one in the world could defeat him. He was named Meghanada after his birth because his birth cry sounded like thunder. Indrajit was the eldest son of Ravana and his wife Mandodari. He uses Tamil language as every day usage in his kingdom. He defeated Indrathe king of the Devasafter which he came to be known as "Indrajit" the conqueror of Indra. No warrior on the Earth achieved this statistical feat in Ramayana. He acquired many kinds of celestial weapons from his Guru Shukra. Indrajit played an active role in the great war between Rama and Ravana. He was mentioned in the Indian epic Ramayana. He is regarded as one of the greatest warriors in Hindu texts.