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Some said, "Staying at home doesn't seem appealing at all. Let's see the captivating expanse of this land." ||316||
Look, how the army of Ravana, vast as the ocean, is stationed here, so densely packed that they are not even visible to each other. ||317||
Oh, the extraordinary courage of this people, captivating the eyes! This realm, along with the realm of the celestial beings, is considered the best. ||318||
Wherever Ravana, the destroyer of Marutvamkha's sacrifice, went, the people of that land made his path beautiful with toranas and other decorations. ||319||
The earth-dwelling women, with faces as beautiful as the moon, eyes like lotuses, and bodies filled with beauty, were gazing at Ravana with great respect. Even the celestial beings, driven by curiosity, were descending to earth to see him. ||320-321||
As Ravana, with his body dark like the tip of a sharpened arrow or a sword, lips like ripe bimba fruit, forehead washed with the water of the pearls adorning his crown, hair shining brighter than the brilliance of an Indranila gem, eyes like lotuses, face like the moon, adorned with a pair of arched, smooth, and blue eyebrows like a bow with its string, neck like a conch, shoulders like a lion, broad and thick chest, arms thick like an elephant's trunk, waist strong and slender like a thunderbolt, thighs like a serpent's hood, knees submerged in their muscles, feet like lotuses, body of the right proportion, marked with the thirty-two auspicious signs like the Srivatsa, his crown gleaming with the rays of gems, his earrings made of various precious stones, his arms shining with the brilliance of armlets, his chest adorned with a garland, and holding a half-moon shaped weapon, was approaching the city, the women were eager to see him. ||322-328||
They abandoned all their previous activities and filled the windows. The women, filled with love, were crowding each other. ||329||