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straightaway pierced through Ravana's body making him lifeless. You can realise to what plight one is reduced to as a result of attachment for other's wife. Ravana's soul attained the fourth hell where he is still ailing.
This sensational news of Ravana's death spread over the entire army which hailed with joy. Rama installed Vibhishana on Lanka's throne.
This means that Ravana despite assuming various forms could not vanquish Vasudeva. This proves Vasudeva's huge power.
CHAKRAVARTI'S STRENGTH
Chakravarti means the suzerain king of entire Bharata country. The kingdom comprises of 32,000 regions, 72,000 cities and 96,00,000 villages. He is the lord of 96 crores, of soldiers of infantry and the treasures of the 14 Ratnas, 9 Nidhis and 64,000
women.
Ratna does not mean a jewel or a diamond. Of course such diamonds he possesses in number of millions. Here the term diamond-Ratna means objects possessed of excellent powers. They are as follows: First Ratna is the Commander in Chief, second one is Gathapati, third one is the royal Priest, fourth one is the excellent horse, fifth one is the excellent elephant, sixth one is Vardhaki, seventh Ratna is the excellent woman, eighth Ratna is the disc, ninth one is the umbrella, tenth one is charma, eleventh is Mani and twelfth is the rod of punishment. Now all these Ratnas are explained as follows:
The commander in chief of Chakravarti is so efficient that he can properly guide a large army and is capable of conquering other countries without the aid of Chakravarti. Now Gathapathi or Gruhapati provides the army with necessary materials of food, fruits and flowers. Purohit performs pacificatory rites and officiates other religious ceremonies. The unrivalled horse is used by Chakravarti for riding purpose. The excellent elephant is used for Chakravarti's ride. Vardhaki is a kind of a distinguished engineer who erects public roads and looks after structural projects in the kingdom. Excellent woman possessed of distinguished faculties deserves to be the chief queen of Chakravarti. Chakra or disc is the missile capable of vanquishing the adversaries. The excellent
