Chapter 97: Angada throws Ravana; the heads keep growing
6 verses · 97 of 121
What happens in this chapter
Angada throws Ravana; the heads keep growing
In an instant the Lord destroys the whole illusion, as darkness breaks when the sun rises. Seeing only one Ravana again, the devas rejoice and shower flowers on the Lord. Rama raises his arm and calls the monkeys back, and they return, strengthened. Ravana sees the devas praising Rama and, angered that they think him finished, rises into the sky after them. The devas flee crying out. Angada leaps up, seizes his feet, throws him to the ground, kicks him and returns to the Lord. Ravana gets up roaring, sets arrows to his ten bows and wounds the warriors, glad at his own strength. Then Raghupati cuts off his heads, arms, arrows and bows, but they grow back many times over, as sins committed at a tirtha multiply.
गहि भूमि पार्यो लात मार्, बालि-सुत प्रभु पहिँ गयो । सँभारि उठि दसकंठ घोर कठोर रव गर्जत भयो ॥ करि दाप चाप चढ़ाई दस सन्धानि तर बहु बरई । किए सकल भट घायल भयाकुल, देखि निज बल हरषई ॥