Lanka Kaanda
187 - Combat of Ravana and Hanuman; Ravana creates phantoms and Sri Rama disperses the phantoms
Chaupais
Description
Perceiving Vibhisana much exhausted, Hanuman rushed forward with a rock in his hand; crushing the chariot, the horses and the charioteer all at once he gave Ravana a kick right in his breast. The demon, however, kept standing though shaking violently all over. Meanwhile Vibhisana withdrew into the presence of Sri Rama (the Protector of His devotees). Ravana thereupon challenged and assailed the monkey (Hanuman), who ascended into the air spreading his tail. Ravana laid hold of his tail, but the monkey (Hanuman) flew alongwith him. The mighty Hanuman then turned and closed with him. The two well-matched warriors fought overhead, each striking the other in great fury. Putting forth all their strength and stratagem while in the air the two looked like a mountain of soot and Mount Sumeru contending with each other. When the demon could not be overthrown either through wit or through physical force, the son of the wind-god invoked his lord.