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Indrajit's Brahmastra, Nagapasha and Garuda

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Weapons themselves bowed to Lakshmana at the end.

Indrajit used the Brahmastra to kill vast numbers of vanaras and also on Rama and Lakshmana, and a Nagapasha snare of a million snakes that bound them senseless. Garuda, at Hanuman's request, freed them. Dying, he released Brahmastra, Vaishnavastra and Pashupatastra, but all returned after saluting Lakshmana.

Who: Indrajit, Garuda, Hanuman, Rama, Lakshmana

Bound to

Hanuman fetches the herbs: Valmiki's account causes

Vishvamitra hands Rama the divine weapons boon→payoff

Places: Lanka battlefield

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