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## Aṣṭaṣaṣṭi Parva
183. Hearing all that speech, Ravana, understanding it to be all false, manifested the fire of anger with his gestures and facial expressions.
184. O foolish one! Who, even a poison-speaker, would abandon the capture of a serpent, seeing its breath and the expansion of its hood?
185. Having heard your words of external composure, you were afraid and came back. Do you not know that the minds of women are as fickle as an elephant's ears?
186. I do not know why you did not penetrate her mind. You appear to be skilled in strategy, but you are not. Thus, Ravana rebuked Shurpanakha.
187. In response, Shurpanakha said, "If I had tried to win his heart through the objects of enjoyment and enjoyment, then the things that are with Ramachandra there would not be found even in a dream elsewhere."
188. "If I had tried to win him over through valor and the like, there is no man like Ramachandra in valor. If I had tried to subdue him through the veena and the like, he himself is proficient in all arts and qualities."
189. "It is easier for those standing on the earth to catch the sun with their palms, a child can easily steal Seshanaga from the netherworld, and the earth along with the oceans can be lifted up."
190. "But it is impossible for even Kamadeva to penetrate the mind of a virtuous woman."
191. Hearing these words of Shurpanakha, Ravana, with the rise of evil deeds, mounted the Pushpaka chariot and, along with his minister, went up into the sky, displaying his splendor with pure banners.
192. The Pushpaka chariot, with its new, glass-like banners that laughed like snakes, was creating doubt in people's minds, "This is a flock of swans." The chariot, with its tinkling sound of small golden bells, was making the directions resound.
193. The Pushpaka chariot, with its close embrace of the clouds, was like a reunion of separated brothers, and it was moving forward, adorned with wealth and wealth-adorned friends.
194. The Pushpaka chariot, with its flagstaff piercing the clouds, was shedding small drops of water from the broken clouds, and the gentle wind was carrying them away, thus removing all the fatigue of Ravana's journey.
195. Ravana, seated in the Pushpaka chariot, was looking like a blue cloud amidst the clouds of autumn, as he went, eager to see Sita.
196. When he entered the main forest of Chitrakuta, which is full of joy, he felt as satisfied as if he had entered Sita's mind.