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## The Battle of the Eighty-Six
**607** Many warriors, their bodies worn and weak, lay scattered across the battlefield, causing even Yama, the god of death, to tremble in fear.
**608** Many valiant and powerful horses, their legs severed, struggled to rise with their own strength.
**609** Elephants, pierced by arrows and nārāchas released by the warriors, stood adorned as if they were mountains covered in ochre and adorned with small bamboo shoots.
**610** Chariots, broken and scattered with their wheels and other parts destroyed, shone like shattered ships amidst the ocean of battle.
**611** Thus, the battle raged for many days between the two armies. One day, seeing his army destroyed due to unfavorable fate, Ravana was filled with sorrow.
**612** At that moment, he severed Sita's head with his magic and, filled with rage, threw it before Rama, saying, "Here, take your goddess."
**613** Seeing Sita's severed head, delusion took hold of Rama's heart, while the army of Ravana celebrated the victory.
**614** Observing this, Vibhīṣaṇa spoke the truth to Rama, "No one except you is capable of even touching the virtuous Sita. This is merely Ravana's magic, O Lord, do not grieve."
**615** Rama, trusting Vibhīṣaṇa's words, swiftly destroyed Ravana's army, just as a lion destroys a herd of elephants or the sun destroys darkness.
**616** Abandoning open warfare, Ravana, with his sons, sought to engage in a battle of illusion, ascending into the sky, the celestial court.
**617** Seeing Ravana in this illusory battle, the cunning Rama and Lakshmana, mounted on celestial lions and garudas created by their knowledge, prepared for battle.
**618** Sugrīva, Hanuman, and all the other vidyadharas of their side accompanied them. Rama fought against Ravana, Lakshmana against Indrajit, Sugrīva against Kumbhakarna, Hanuman against Ravikīrti, Angada against Khara, and Indraketu against Keturanja.
**620** He devoured everyone at that time, but he was unable to digest all those he had eaten, so he seemed to have vomited them up.