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## The Ashta-Shat-Parva (Chapter 307)
**416.** "Is it appropriate for you, O King, to say that you will send Sita? All the jewels are mine, but Sita is especially mine."
**417.** "If he wants to take Sita, let him defeat me in battle. This is what fate has ordained, a message of Ravana's destruction."
**418.** Hearing this auspicious omen, a sign of Ramachandra's rise, the son of the wind (Ravana) thought, "This is not what I want."
**419.** The wicked and evil-minded Ravana spoke, "You are the one who stops injustice. If you have to stop the one who stops injustice, who can stop him, like a fire in the ocean?"
**420.** "I am known to be impenetrable, and Ramachandra is famous for his lion-like strength."
**421.** "It is fitting for you to consider that your infamy will last as long as the moon, if you do this. I have spoken to you in the spirit of brotherhood."
**422.** Hearing the messenger's words, Paulastya (Ravana) replied, "This jewel (Sita) was given to Ramachandra by Janaka without informing me. I took her out of anger."
**423.** "If my infamy arises from accepting something that is rightfully mine, so be it. Ramachandra even wants to take the Chakra-ratna from my hand."
**424.** Thus, the messenger spoke to the ten-headed Ravana, his words pleasant and deep, in accordance with the situation.
**425.** "Why do you say that you have taken Sita? Everyone knows..."