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49 passagesततस्ते राक्षसास्तत्र गत्वा रावणमन्दिरम्। न्यवेदयन् पुरीं रुद्धां रामेण सह वानरैः॥ १॥
Then those demons, having gone to Ravana's palace, reported that the city had been besieged by Rama together with the monkeys.
रुद्धां तु नगरीं श्रुत्वा जातक्रोधो निशाचरः। विधानं द्विगुणं कृत्वा प्रासादं चाप्यरोहत॥ २॥
Hearing that the city was besieged, the night-roaming demon, anger having arisen in him, doubled the preparations and climbed the palace.
स ददर्श वृतां लङ्कां सशैलवनकाननाम्। असंख्येयैर्हरिगणैः सर्वतो युद्धकाङ्क्षिभिः॥ ३॥
He saw Lanka, surrounded by countless troops of monkeys, together with its mountains, forests, and groves, the monkeys being eager for battle on every side.
स दृष्ट्वा वानरैः सर्वैर्वसुधां कपिलीकृताम्। कथं क्षपयितव्याः स्युरिति चिन्तापरोऽभवत्॥ ४॥
Seeing the earth made tawny by all the monkeys, he became deeply concerned, thinking: “How are they to be destroyed?” The referent of “they” is implicit in the transmitted text and is not specified here.
स चिन्तयित्वा सुचिरं धैर्यमालम्ब्य रावणः। राघवं हरियूथांश्च ददर्शायतलोचनः॥ ५॥
After thinking for a very long time and taking hold of courage, Rāvaṇa, wide-eyed, saw Rāghava and the monkey hosts.
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