All the wives in the harem learned about the death of Ravana at the hands of Rama and were plunged into sorrow. They with their disheveled hair rolled on the dusty ground and cried bitterly. They all came to the war field weeping and started looking for his body. They saw Ravana lying on the ground like a black mountain covered with dust and fell on his body as if they were broken tender creepers.
One of them caught hold of Ravana’s feet and wept. Another caught his shoulders and yet another took his face and swooned. They all wept to say things and vent their feelings. They said, “He who terrorized Indra and Yama and he who took away the Pushpaka Vimana from his brother Kubera is now lying dead on the ground. He who never knew danger from anyone now has been killed by a man”. They also felt sorry that Ravana did not listen to the good advice of his brother which could have saved his life. They concluded that it should be destiny or else such a thing could not happen for the all-powerful Ravana.
In the next chapter, We'll see the Lamentations of Ravana’s
wife Mandodari.
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