TARUNISEN

The death of Kumbh and Nikumbh plunged Ravana into a state of deep despair. Ravana then called Vibheeshan's son. Tarunisen, who lived in Lanka and not with his father.

Ravana told him, "Your father has taken the side of the country's enemy, but you have been loyal towards your country. Go and destroy the enemy, and fulfill your duty towards your country."

Taunisen went to fight against Rama, thinking that dying at Rama's hands would earn him heaven.

Tarunisen fought bravely, and finally he came face to face with the Lord he worshipped.

After a fierce fight, Rama hit him with the Brahmastra. The upright Tarunisen happily died at the hands of Rama.

Rama and Ravana

All the advice Ravana got from his wife Mandodari and his family to return Sita were of no avail. Ravana, blind with arrogance and ignorance, was bent on battling with the Ayodhya princes.

Ravana wore his armor and went to the battlefield. On the battlefield, he ruthlessly killed many monkeys. He terrorized the monkeys by taking different forms; some having only heads and some having only the body. He poured rain of fire over the monkeys and killed scores of them.

Finally he came face to face with Rama. Both Rama and Ravana hurled powerful arrows at each other. Ravana first shot thirty arrows at a time to kill Rama, but Rama in return shot a powerful arrow that subdued Ravana's arrows.

Again Ravana shot an arrow that sent out millions of arrows at a time. But even this arrow couldn't defeat Rama. When Ravana shot arrows with faces of serpents, Rama shot arrows with faces of vultures.

The arrows Rama shot cut off Ravana's heads, but one by one they grew back. Rama was greatly troubled as Ravana seemed to be indestructible.

After sunset, Ravana happily went back to his camp.