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प्रस्यूचे राक्षसेन्द्रस्तामाश्वसिहि , बिभेषि किम् । |
23. (Ravana), the lord of the demons replied to her, Be reassured; why do you fear ? Oh demoness, discard agitation, for, oh garrulous woman, I am (after all) Ravana.
24. Desiring to see me, Indra (though) repelled by (my) cane-bearer (door-keeper) and looked at disrespectfully with an evil eye, from a distance(still) waits upon me
25. ‘‘The mighty thunderbolt, the edge of whose sharp blade was blunted on my chest, regards itself powerful (in as much as it was) not broken into a hundred fragments.
26 . Having made the Airavata elephant to have a tree in Lanka as its tying post, did I not discard it like a blade of grass, on account of its being useless in fetters ?
27. Behold my wonderful manliness in as much as there is the constant presence of the Moon in my city, even though the darkness therein is destroyed by the brilliance of jewels,
