Lanka Kaanda
174 - The battle recommences; encounter between Laksmana and Meghanada; a javelin thrown by the latter strikes Laksmana in the breast
Chaupais
Description
"Giving up all quarrel with Sri Rama, restore Videha's Daughter to Him and worship the All-merciful, who has a most loving disposition." His words stung Ravana like shafts. "Away, wretch, with your accursed face. If it were not for your age, I would have finished you; now please do not appear before my eyes again." Malyavan, however, thought within himself that the All-merciful would soon kill him; he, therefore, rose and departed abusing Ravana as he went. Meghanada thereupon exclaimed in a fury : "See what wonders I work the very next morning. I am going to accomplish much; why should I, therefore, belittle its worth by speaking of it just now?" Confidence returned to Ravana when he heard his son's words; and he fondly took him into his lap. The day broke even while they deliberated, and the monkeys again assailed the four gates. In their fury they laid siege to the most powerful citadel. This gave rise to an uproarious alarm in the city. The demons darted forward with their weapons of every description and hurled down mountain-peaks from the ramparts."