
Veer was just an ordinary warrior, but today was not an ordinary day. His heart was heavy as he got ready to leave for war, knowing it might be his last goodbye.
Veer gently kissed his little son’s cheek and hugged his wife tightly. He looked at his family one last time, trying to hide the fear in his heart. His parents stood quietly, their eyes filled with worry. Veer bent down and touched their feet to seek their blessings.
Veer touched the feet of his elderly parents, seeking their blessings before starting on his journey. and as he turned to take one last look over his family and grinned. He was scared but he had to fight, to protect a girl’s dignity, to fulfill the promise made by his king, to help the God himself.
From every household, warriors had emerged—just like him, rallying under the banner of King Sugriva.
He was a companion with Lord Hanuman in the search of Maa Sita till the far end of the south, he was there when Lord Ram threatened the God of Ocean to give Path to Vanara sena, he was in the construction of the mighty Ramseetu, lifting rocks and placing them in the Ocean.
Today the air was tense, Veer stood before the invincible Rakshasa army of Ravana, and fear gripped his heart. The possibility of not returning home, of never witnessing another sunset, loomed large…yet it was an honor to stand shoulder to shoulder with giant Hanuman and King Sugrib.
He might not be alive to tell the story to his grandchildren, but the story must have been told for generations, and the battle would have never been forgotten. A sudden cry of “Jay Sri Ram” pierced through the silence, his heart pounding with determination, along with Lord Hauman and Sugrib he chanted Jay Sriram as loud as he could, grabbed a branch of a tree to use it as a weapon and charged towards the Ravan’s invincible army.