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their heads. Soorpanaka fled from the field and reported to
Kara the disaster that had befallen her chiefs.
Kara sounded his tocsin and gathered an army of
powerful rakshasas; they made their way to Panchvati and
surrounded Rama’s ashram without any doubt that they
would end the career of the two foolhardy human beings.
They had plans to surround the cottage, fall on it at a given
moment, and wipe out the landmark with its occupants. With
shouts and screams calculated to shake the nerves of their
victims, they flourished their weapons and converged on the
cottage. This phase of the battle was a little more prolonged
but the result was the same as before.
Rama defeated Kara and his allies. Soorpanaka watched
from afar, understood the trend of events, snatched a brief
moment to approach and cry over the mangled corpses
strewn around, including that of her champion and brother
Kara, and decided it was time for her to leave the area. She
fled to Lanka to convey the news of the disaster to her
brother Ravana.