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watched the elephant with fascination. In a playful manner, he held it and sat upon it.
All the relatives and friends of Ravan came forward eagerly to take a look at the new elephant. All saw the elephant to their satisfaction.
Ravan said, “Brothers, what name shall we give this elephant ?"
"We will call it a bulky buffalo. What other name can we give it ?” said Kumbhakarna revealing his ignorance.
All burst into fits of laughter. Kumbhakarna's face hung in shame and he slipped away from there.
"Dear brother, I think we should call it Vishwaratna the gem of the universe !" Vibhishan said in a serious tone.
"Lankabhushan is a better name than that”, said the commander coming forward a few paces.
All of them were sunk in utter indecisiveness in their search for an appropriate name for that mighty and magnificent elephant. Just then, a warrior said eagerly, “Why should we not name it Shatrujit ?” All felt that the name "Shatrujit ?" was appropriate to it, but Ravan the image of inspiration was silent. Hence, the enthusiastic commotion among the people subsided. All began to look towards Ravan to see what he would say.
After a little while, Ravan's voice which resembled the roar of the sea in its seriousness and elevation was heard, "We shall call it Bhuvanalankar (the ornament of the fourteen worlds). It is an invaluable treasure to us; so we shall call it Bhuvanalankar". The jubilant cries of triumph emerging from the crowd reverberated among the lofty peaks of the Sametshikar.
Meanwhile, the radiant chariot of the sun-god drawn by the seven horses had disappeared behind the western horizon. The time had come for the arrival of the goddess of the evening
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