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## Padma Purana
Indra, mounted on an elephant, approached Ravana, who was as tall as Mount Kailasa, and drew an arrow from his quiver. ||317|| Like a cloud pouring down a torrent of water on a mountain, Indra rained down arrows on Ravana. ||318|| Ravana, in turn, pierced Indra's arrows with his own, creating a canopy of arrows in the sky. ||319|| Arrows pierced arrows, and the rays of the sun were extinguished, as if they had vanished in fear. ||320|| Narada, filled with joy at the sight of the battle, danced in a place where arrows could not reach. ||321||
Realizing that Ravana was invincible to ordinary weapons, Indra launched an Agni Astra (fire weapon). ||322|| The Agni Astra was so vast that the sky itself became its fuel. What can be said of bows and other material objects? ||323|| The roar of the Agni Astra was like the sound of a bamboo forest burning, its flames blazing fiercely. ||324||
Seeing his army engulfed in flames, Ravana quickly launched a Varuna Astra (water weapon). ||325|| The Varuna Astra instantly summoned a vast cloud, which poured down torrential rain like a mountain, thunderous and majestic. It seemed as if the sky itself had melted from Ravana's anger. The cloud extinguished Indra's Agni Astra in an instant. ||326-327||
Indra then unleashed a Tamas Astra (darkness weapon), which enveloped the sky and all directions in utter darkness. ||328|| The Tamas Astra engulfed Ravana's army, rendering them unable to see even their own bodies, let alone the enemy forces. ||329||
Seeing his army in disarray, Ravana's son, Ratna Shrava, a master of strategy and tactics, launched a Prabha Astra (light weapon). ||330||