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## Chapter 58: The Killing of Hand by Hand
**Verse 46:** Seeing the earth-bound army of Ravana, the soldiers, devoid of their leader, turned away and fled.
**Verse 47:** This is indeed true, for as long as a man sees the raised face of his master, he holds firm his resolve. But when his master is destroyed, the entire army, like a wheel whose hub is broken, scatters.
**Verse 48:** The Acharya says, even those with firm resolve cannot accomplish their tasks without a leader. For when the head is lost, the body is destined for destruction on all sides.
**Verse 49:** This entire world, bound to its leader, attains its desired fruits. Just as the rays of the sun, afflicted by Rahu, become dim and perish, so too does everything else.
**Verse 50:** Thus ends the fifty-eighth chapter of the Padma Purana, known as the Arsha, composed by the Acharya Ravishena, which narrates the killing of Hand by Hand.