Ramayana · Vol 1
The Fire
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Kumbhakarna has fallen, and the sons of Ravana come out through the gates of Lanka with jeweled chains around their necks. Then Indrajit snares Rama and Lakshmana with arrows granted by Brahma, and that night the field is full of motionless bodies.
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- Ramayana
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- 23 chapters, 39,909 words
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- SI-assisted work
About this work
Kumbhakarna, Ravana's younger brother, has fallen, and the king of the rakshasas sends his sons to the field with jeweled chains around their necks. Outside the walls of Lanka waits the vanara army that came with Rama to take back his wife, Sita. Angada brings down Narantaka with his bare hands, and Lakshmana kills Atikaya after the Wind God whispers in his ear. Ravana begins to be afraid and orders the Ashoka garden guarded. Another of his sons, Indrajit, lights a sacrificial fire, then from far away snares both princes with arrows granted by Brahma until they collapse. Night falls. Vibhishana, the brother of Ravana who has crossed over to Rama's side, walks with Hanuman carrying torches among the fallen bodies. They find Jambavan, king of the bears, his eyes already dim. He asks after only one name. This novel retells the second half of the Yuddha Kanda of Valmiki's Ramayana, in the Indian version.
