Hanuman, Angada and Sugriva Attack Indrajit
(Wat Pho in Bangkok)
There comes a lull in the campaign.
No demon armies leave Longka's safe walls, and the monkeys camped near the city hear no sounds of preparation for further battle. Uneasy at this quiescence and suspecting that something is afoot, Phra Ram asks the seer Pipeck where Intorachit has gone and what he is doing.
From a deep trance, the seer speaks:
"Intorachit has left the city for seven days. In this time he intends to perform ceremonies to harden his body in magic fire. I see him now, seated on a meditation table of gold in a remote shrine. This shrine is located in a bamboo thicket on the slopes of Mount Jakrawan."
It is clear that unless these ceremonies are disrupted, Intorachit will become invincible, so Phra Ram orders his brother Lak to lead a shock party, composed of Hanuman, the eighteen royal generals and a body of troops, to attack the son of Totsagan.
Following the directions given them by the wise Pipeck, they quickly reach the slopes of Mount Jakrawan. Pushing carefully through the dense and airless bamboo thickets on the mountain's flank, they come on the shrine. Three circles of demons and giants guard it, their hideous aspect alone enough to frighten the wits out of anyone stumbling on the place by chance. Phra Lak disposes his men around the shrine and then fires an arrow at the building. With a noise like thunder the entire edifice collapses, scattering the demons, extinguishing the magic fire and waking Intorachit from his trance.
With a horrible shout, the monkeys put the guardian demons to flight, while bold Hanuman, with Ongkot and Sukreep supporting him, attacks the son of Totsagan, shouting as he does so:
"Well now, my demon princeling, what are you roasting yourself here for? Don't we make it hot enough for you on the battlefield? It really wasn't necessary for you to come so far, because we are going to burn Longka about your ears if you'll just wait a little.."
