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## The Eighty-Seventh Chapter
Then Haladhara said, "What should be done now? For the enmity of the wise lasts until death." ||1||
"Let us perform the funeral rites of the great man, the Lord of the World, who has gone to the other world, with great joy and a beautiful body." ||2||
Upon hearing these words, Rama and Vibhishana, along with Lakshmana and the other celestial kings, went to the place where Mandodari, surrounded by thousands of women, was lamenting like a cuckoo, overwhelmed with grief. ||3-4||
Rama and Lakshmana descended from the great elephant and approached Mandodari, accompanied by the chief celestial beings. ||5||
Seeing them, the women, with their jeweled bracelets broken and their bodies covered in dust, cried out with a choked voice. ||6||
Rama, wise and discerning, comforted Mandodari and the entire group of women with soothing words. ||7||
Then, using camphor, sandalwood, go-shirsha, and other excellent materials, they performed the funeral rites of Ravana and went to the great lake called Padma. ||8||
Rama, with his pure mind, sat on the bank of the lake and said, "Let Kumbhakarna and the others be released along with their followers." ||9||
Hearing this, some of the celestial kings, with cruel hearts, said, "They are very cruel. They should be killed like enemies, or they should die in their own bonds." ||10||
Balarama said, "This is not the way of Kshatriyas. Do you not know the famous code of Kshatriyas? Sleeping, bound, subdued, fearful, and with grass in their teeth, these warriors are not to be killed. This is the dharma of Kshatriyas, which shines brightly in the world." ||11-12||
Then, saying "So be it," the great warriors, armed with various weapons and clad in armor, went to bring them. ||13||
After that, Indrajit, Kumbhakarna, Maricha, Meghavahana, and Maya, the great Daitya, along with...