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In the Padma Purana, his mind was overwhelmed with anxiety. The one who was attached to pleasures was filled with restlessness. ||359||
My food is naturally pure, fragrant, delicious, substantial, and free from the contact of flesh and other impurities. ||360||
I am not capable of observing even one of the vows of householders, such as refraining from killing large animals, etc. What to speak of other vows? ||361||
My mind, like a maddened elephant, runs after all things. I am not able to control it with my own will, like a hand. ||362||
One who desires to observe the vow of liberation wants to drink the flame of fire, bind the wind in cloth, and lift Mount Meru. ||363||
Even though I am a valiant hero, I am not capable of observing the vow of austerity. How wonderful it is that the best of men observe this austerity! ||364||
Should I adopt this rule: "Even if a woman is beautiful, I will not force myself upon her if she does not desire me?" ||365||
Or, how can such strength be in me, a lowly person? I am not even capable of controlling my own mind. ||366||
Or, is there no woman in the three worlds who, upon seeing me, would not be overcome with desire and restlessness? ||367||
How can a man, who is worthy of honor and virtue, find contentment in the body of a woman who is polluted by the touch of another man, who has lips marked by the wounds of another man's teeth, who is naturally foul-smelling, and who is a mass of impurities? ||368-369||
Having considered this, Ravana first bowed down to the Kevali of infinite power with reverence. Then, in the presence of the gods and demons, he declared clearly: ||370||
"O Lord! I have made this firm vow: I will not take a woman who does not desire me." ||371||
Bhanukarna (Kumbhakarna), who was listening to all this and whose mind was as steady as Mount Meru, also adopted this vow, taking refuge in the four refuges. ||372||
The man who had entered the city was wandering around in extreme anxiety, thinking, "Should I take this vow or that vow?" ||358||
Then, a heavy anxiety arose in the mind of Ravana, whose mind was always attached to pleasures and who was therefore filled with restlessness. ||359||