Ravana making Lakshmana unconscious

(Valmiki Ramayana - Yuddha Kanda - 99 to 100)

Sri Rama fighting

• Meditation: I meditate on Sri Rama waging war against Ravana in Lanka.

• Ravana fighting with Sri Rama: Knowing that the generals Mahaparshva, Mahodara and Virupaksha have been slain, the furious Ravana took his chariot towards Rama. Ravana released the dreadful missile of Lord Brahma called Tamasa which began to burn the vanaras. The vanaras started fleeing in all directions. Ravana then came forward and faced Sri Rama and Lakshmana. Lakshmana released several arrows on Ravana which Ravana broke down with his own arrows. Ravana then released a stream of arrows on Sri Rama. Sri Rama broke the arrows of Ravana with his Bhalla arrows. A great battle continued between Sri Rama and Ravana in which the sky was filled with their arrows. Ravana struck the forehead of Sri Rama with a row of steel arrows. Bearing those arrows with unperturbed mind, Sri Rama released the Rudra astra. The armour of Ravana prevented those arrows. Sri Rama released more arrows which Ravana struck down with his arrows. Then Ravana released powerful arrows presided over by the power of Asuras, having the heads of lions, tigers, vultures, jackals, serpents etc. Sri Rama destroyed those arrows by employing arrows presided over by Agni. The vanaras rejoiced.
(Valmiki Ramayana - Yuddha Kanda - 99)

• Ravana making Lakshmana unconscious: Ravana then released arrows created by demon Maya having heads of pikes, maces, clubs, mallets, nooses and other weapons. Sri Rama made those arrows inactive by releasing arrows presided over by the Gandharvas. Ravana then released the Surya astra with the head of discus which illuminated the sky and the directions. Sri Rama broke those discuses with his own arrows. Ravana in anger pierced Rama with his arrows. Sri Rama in anger retaliated by piercing Ravana with his arrows. In the meantime Lakshmana joined the battle and releasing his arrows broke the flag-staff and bow of Ravana and chopped off the head of his charioteer. Vibhisana killed the horses of Ravana. Ravana hurled a spear on Vibhisana. Lakshmana broke it down with his arrows. Ravana hurled another powerful spear on Vibhisana. To protect Vibhisana, Lakshmana released several arrows on Ravana. Ravana now turned his anger on Lakshmana and hurled a powerful spear build by Maya. That spear fell on the bosom of Lakshmana and made him unconscious.
(Valmiki Ramayana - Yuddha Kanda - 100)

• Sri Rama overpowering Ravana: When the vanaras tried to extricate the spear from the bosom of Lakshmana, Ravana prevented them with his arrows. Sri Rama himself extricated the spear during the course of the battle and broke it down. While he was doing so, Ravana pierced him with his arrows. Remaining unperturbed, Sri Rama told Hanuman and Sugreeva to guard Lakshmana and vowed to eliminate Ravana whose end-time has come. Sri Rama said that the world will now witness a battle between Rama and Ravana which they will narrate for time immemorial. Thereafter Sri Rama struck Ravana with powerful arrows. Ravana in turn released his arrows on Rama. However, Sri Rama soon overpowered Ravana with a rain his arrows, which tore him asunder. Ravana escaped from the battlefield.
(Valmiki Ramayana - Yuddha Kanda - 100)

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