Why did Vali want to kill Sugreev?

When Mayavi got to know about his younger brother’s death at the hands of Vali, he decided to attack Vali to avenge his brother’s death.

When Mayavi realised Vali’s strength, he ran away and hid inside a cave. Vali went after him, instructing his younger brother Sugreev to wait for him outside.

After many days when Sugreev saw a stream of blood coming out from the cave, he assumed that Mayavi had somehow managed to kill Vali. He closed the opening of the cave with a giant rock and became king of Kishkindha.

When a victorious Vali came out of the cave and found out that Sugreev had become king of Kishkindha, he got really angry and ran towards Sugreev with the intent to kill him.

Sugreev ran for his life and started living in Rishyamook mountain, when Vali could not set foot because of the curse from Matang rishi.

During the duel with Dundubhi, when Vali was throwing Dundubhi around his blood drops fell on Matang rishi performing Yajna in Rishyamook mountain. When he saw the blood and, in his anger, he cursed that whoever has caused this, his head will explode, if he comes near this mountain. That is why Sugreev was safe from Vali living in that mountain.

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