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The King's Conquests
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424. He (Rāvana) who looked up to the face of (Siva ) the Enemy of the Odd-Arrowed ( Cupid ), favourably -disposed for the grant of a favour, with his eyes upturned ( uttūna) and rolling, having seized (his own hair with his hand ) in his devotional zeal to cut his own heads violently (to make an offering of them at His feet),
425. On whose ( Rāvana's ) broad neck, the wounds inflicted were hastily made painless with a sprinkling of nectar from the moon on His crest, by the Bull-Emblemed God ( Siva ),
426. By whom (Rāvana ) were observed the charms of his nine new faces, perfected by the grant of a boon (varāhi ), in a jewelled mirror presented respectfully ( before him ) by the left half of His body (viz. Pārvati ),
427. By whom (Rāvana), not very eager for the whetstone ( Sūna ), was felt in full satisfaction (pariutthe ) the sharp edge of his sword Candrahāsa, marked, as it was, by a thick layer (punrja) of his own powdered neck-bones,
428. Whose ( Rāvana's ) arms were massaged in astonishment with his own soiled hands by the Three-eyed God ( Siva ), spotted with mud, as they were, from the base of the Kailāsa mountain, when he balanced it ( on his hands) and then put it down,
429. In whose (Rāvana's) interior halls of the palace, the wind blows in the discomfort of a slow movement through fear, although unimpeded ( piraggalam ) by the sighs of captive gods.
430. Our King reached that part of the ocean, where, thrusting such a mighty Ten-Faced ( Rāvana ) in his armpit, Indra's son (Vālin ) had at one time, roamed about (on an excursion).
431. The blackish flood (uppila) of blood, gushing up in anger on the red, round faces of the Pärasikas, comes out simultaneously with the blows (of swords ).
432. The pool of blood (ruhiravicchadda), manifest on the ground which stood coagulated (pitthia), as layers of dust on this ground ) were excavated by the excited (trampling) of the army (soldiers ), appears like the refulgent lustre of jewels on the hoods of Sesa ( now exposed to view).
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