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meaning.
Ravana said, “Be that as it may, I am melting and dying for
Sita. How shall I be saved now?”
Soorpanaka said, “You are the overlord of seven worlds,
mightier than the mightiest. Why do you feel sad and
unhappy? Go and get her; that is all. Take her. She is yours.
Is there anything beyond your reach? Stir yourself. Leave this
desolate mood. Go forth, snatch her, because she is yours,
created for you and waiting for you.” Thus she infused a new
spirit in Ravana, and it made her secretly happy that her plan
to get Sita out of the way was working out satisfactorily. She
left.
Ravana felt reassured now and braced himself to take
practical steps to achieve his aim. He sent out his servants
to summon his advisers and minister immediately. With the
least delay they began to arrive at Ravana’s retreat by
horseback, elephant, and chariots, and the gods in Heaven
watched the traffic apprehensively, speculating as to what
this sudden activity might bode for the universe. Ravana’s
consultations with the advisers were brief, being in the
nature of an announcement to them of decisions already
made. Somehow he valued the formality of being
counselled. He then summoned his chariot, got into it alone,
and flew towards a retreat where his uncle, Mareecha, was
meditating in a cave. Mareecha had made two attempts to
attack Rama and both had failed. The first had been the one