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LXXXII
BAHURUPINIVIDYA
(THE POWER OF ASSUMING MANY FORMS)
"Shall I surrender Sita to Ram and get Kumbhakarna and the others released ? Indrajit and Meghavahan are like my shoulders. Somehow or the other I must release them from captivity. I know Ram will not accept any proposal of peace which I can make. He desires only Sita, and I ? I too have been doing all this only for the sake of Sita. Life without Sita has no attraction for me and to retain Sita and to attain her, war is the only way. Therefore, I should get ready for the war. In the Rakshasa army, there is no other hero of my level. Will the Rakshasa race be destroyed ?"
Ravan kept thinking thus, lying on his bed. Sometimes, he walked to and fro and sometimes he lay on the bed restless and worried.
"Most of the warriors and heroes in Ram's army are alive. Ram, Lakshman, Hanuman, Sugriv, Angadh, Chandrarashmi, Bhamandal, Prasannakirthi and all the other heroes are alive. Ah! They may be alive. Now they will not be able to escape death. I will surely kill them. Moreover, I am unable to understand how Lakshman can be alive even after being attacked by me with such a tremendous weapon as the Amoghavijaya but after the death of Ram and Lakshman, all the warriors of the Vanara army will run away from the battle-field and if they do not run away from the battle-field I will tear their bodies to pieces and throw them to kites and vultures and I have the greatest weapon the Sudarshan Chakra which I can use as the last resort to destroy anyone. It will surely cut off head of
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