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In the Padma Purana,
The ocean of demons, Ravana, grew larger and larger, with thousands of heads like crocodiles and towering waves of arms. ||28||
Or, the cloud of demons, Ravana, grew larger and larger, with thunderous arms like lightning bolts and a terrifying roar, with a multitude of heads like peaks. ||26||
Ravana, though alone, was like a vast army, with the sound of his arms and heads clashing, like the clatter of shields and ornaments. ||30||
"I have fought many before, what can I do against this one?" Thinking this, Lakshmana multiplied himself. ||31||
Ravana, ablaze with the light of his jeweled weapons and ornaments, resembled a burning forest. ||32||
Ravana, with his thousands of arms, rained down a torrent of weapons, including discs, arrows, javelins, and spears, trying to cover Lakshmana. ||33||
Lakshmana, filled with rage and devoid of fear, was determined to cover his enemy with arrows like the rays of the sun. ||34||
He cut off the heads of his enemy, one, two, three, four, five, six, ten, twenty, a hundred, a thousand, and ten thousand. ||35||
The sky, covered with thousands of heads and falling arms, resembled a falling meteor, with a shower of stars. ||36||
The battlefield, constantly covered with arms and heads, shone with the beauty of a lotus pond, adorned with the hoods of serpents. ||37||
As each new head and arm appeared, Lakshmana cut them off, just as a sage cuts off new karmas as they arise. ||38||
The sky, filled with streams of flowing blood, seemed like a new sky, where twilight was being created. ||39||
Gautama Swami says, "Behold, Lakshmana, with his two arms, filled with great power, has rendered Ravana, the wielder of countless arms, a mere body without purpose." ||40||
Behold, how Ravana, the mighty, has been reduced in a moment! His breath has stopped, his face is covered with beads of sweat, and his entire body is filled with fear and anxiety. ||41||
O Shrenika! While he was still in this state,