The musical notes of fifes were played and the persistent warriors began to roar like lions and roam in the fields.
The shafts were being taken out from quivers and the serpent-like arrows were struck like the messengers of death.343.
The warriors are spraying arrows fearlessly and are challenging one another.
They are discharging shafts and stones and are drinking in the gearts the poison of indignation.344.
The conquering warriors have fought with one another in the battle and are fighting furiously.
Both the gods and demons are viewing the battle and are raising the sound of victory.345.
The Ganas and large vultures are roaming in the sky and the vampires are shrieking violently.
The ghosts are laughing fearlessly and both the brother Ram and Lakshman are looking at this continued fight.346.
Ram caused both Khar and Dushan flow down in the stream of death after killing them. The victory was greatly hailed from all the four sides.
The gods showered the flowers and enjoyed the sight of both the victorious warriors Ram and Lakshman.347.
End of the story of the killing of KHAR and DUSHMAN in Ramvatar in BACHITTAR NATAK.
Now begins the description of the abduction of Sita :
MANOHAR STANZA
Hearing about the killing of Khar and Dushan the vile Ravan went to the house of Marich.
He held his weapons in all his twenty hands and was furiously muzzling his ten heads.
He said, “Those who have chopped the nose of Surapankha, their such action has agonised me
“I shall steal their wife in the garb of a Yogi form the forest in your company.”348.
Speech of Marich :
MANOHAR STANZA
“O my Lord! You had been very kind to came to my place.
“My stores are overflowing on your arrival, O my Lord!
“But with folded hands I request and kindly do not mind,
“That is my supplication that Ram is in reality an incarnation, do not consider him as a man like yourself.”349.
Hearing these words, Ravan was filled with anger and his limbs began to burn, his face turned red and his eyes expanded with anger.
He said, “O fool! what are you speaking before me and considering those two men as incarnations
“Their mother spoke only once and their father indignantly sent them to the forest
“Both of them are lowly and helpless, how will they be able to fight against me.350.
“O fool! if I had not come to ask you for going there, I would have uprooted and thrown your matted hair,
“And from the top of this golden citadel I would have thrown you in the sea and get you drowned.”
Hearing these world and pining in his mind and in anger, realizing the gravity of the occasion, Marich left that place
He felt that the death and decadence of the vile Ravan is certain at the hands of Ram.351.
He transformed himself into a golden deer and reached at the abode of Ram.
On the other side Ravana put on the garb of a Yogi and went to abduct Sita, it seemed that death was driving him there.
Seeing the beauty of the golden deer, Sita came near Ram and said :
“O the king of Oudh and the destroyer of demons! Go and bring that deer for me.”352.
Speech of Ram :
“O Sita! no one had heard about the golden deer and even the Lord hath not created it
“This is certainly the deceit of some demon, who has caused this deception in you.”
Seeing the affliction of Sita, Ram could not put aside her wish