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JAIN RAMAYAN
"Dear king! I have come here to prevent the death of countless innocent persons in the war. I have come here to prevent unnecessary violence and bloodshed. This is the only purpose with which I have come to you," said Pavananjay, smiling amiably.
"In that case, there was no need for your coming here with a vast army. If you had not come with your armies this question of violence and bloodshed or the killing of innocent people as you call it would not have arisen."
.."O king! You know very well that Ravan, the King of Lanka is not the kind of man who would have peace of mind until he has taken a severe revenge against his enemies. This is the speciality of his nature. You know this truth very well. You have unnecessarily provoked Rayan, the King of Lanka by capturing and imprisoning his commanders, Khar and Dushana."
"His anger might have been provoked and it may be flaming but we are ready to extinguish those flames in the battlefield.”
"Then do you hope to defeat Ravan, the mighty king of Lanka and to achieve victory over him. That may be your idea
ar as I can think of it it is but your fanciful imagination You can never dream of defeating Ravan. Let alone defeating Ravan, you cannot even defeat in a straight fight a single relative of his and if you attempt it, there will only ensue, a terrible massacre of innocent people and boundless harm to you.
Even to defeat one Vidyadhar king out of countless kings that are helping him there will have to be a terrible bloodshed and you will be risking your lives. When that is so defeating the King of Lanka is something which you cannot even dream of achieving.”
“Dear commander ! We hope that you do not imagine that we are cowards wearing bangles on our hands like women,” Pundarik was greatly excited by anger.
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