Ramayana_VOLUME V with index

Ramayana: A Divine Drama – Vol. V
awesome sound. She was inflamed with rage at this disturbing
phenomenon. She rushed towards the place wherefrom it
emanated! Rama saw the monster moving towards him like a
mountain lurching or a huge wild elephant charging. He smiled
and told Lakshmana, “Brother! Look at this mass of ugliness!
Can common man survive the sight of this devilish personality
The very appearance is terrible! What are we then to say of its
might And it is a woman! My mind does not fully cooperate
with me when I resolve to kill it! I believe this monster will die if
its hands and legs are cut apart, that may be enough to destroy
it.”
Thataki was rushing towards Rama with outstretched arms, so
that she could grasp him and put him into her mouth like a piece
of cake! She was roaring wildly and in terror striking excitement.
Viswamitra was praying, with eyes closed, that the brothers may
not suffer harm in this combat. Thataki moved nearer and nearer
to Rama, but with greater and greater reluctance, for, in his
presence, she felt a strange kind of shock. Once or twice, she
went near Rama, but she had to retreat fast. She jumped about in
fury, angry at herself! The dust kicked up by her rendered the
area dark and suffocating. Rama, Lakshmana and Viswamitra
stood silent and inactive for a while. Thataki was an adept in the
art of delusion and destruction. She created a heavy rain of rocks.
Rama now decided that the ogress should no longer be allowed
to live on earth. She cannot be pardoned on the score of
femininity! So, he drew his bow and shot an arrow at the body of
the invisible Thataki identifying where exactly it was at the time.
At this, she rushed once again at Rama. Her two arms were cut
down by his arrows. She fell on the ground, crying in agony and
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