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## The Nineteenth Chapter
**423**
Thus, Ravana, due to his own karmic actions, inherited the kingdom of Lanka, a lineage passed down through generations. He possessed extraordinary wealth and happiness, a protector of the Rakshasas, and enjoyed the highest worldly pleasures. **(137)**
The Muni Suvrata Tirtha, the place of attaining Right Faith, Right Knowledge, and Right Conduct, has long passed. Yet, those who are far from the ultimate truth, those foolish poets, have spoken of this great man in a different way in the world. **(138)**
Those poets, enslaved by worldly desires, devoid of true knowledge, extremely cunning, and constantly attached to sin, with their fabricated, harmful, and deceitful writings, ensnare the innocent and simple-minded like a flock of deer. **(139)**
Therefore, O Shrenik, you who have understood the true nature of things, who have destroyed the mire of false doctrines created by those with wrong views, who shine brighter than the sun, and who are as vast as Lakshmi, worship the jewel of the Jina's teachings, the one revered by Indra. **(140)**
Thus ends the nineteenth chapter of the Padmacharita, narrated by the Acharya Ravishena, which describes the kingdom of Ravana. **(19)**
Thus ends the first chapter, the Vidhyadhara Kanda.