Hearing the lamentations of the wicked-minded Ravana, overwhelmed with grief, Triçiras addressed him, saying,--"O Sire, this second uncle unto us possessed of mighty prowess hath[240] forsooth been slain in fight. But, O king, heroes never indulge in grief as thou doest O lord, thou certainly alone art competent to conquer the triple world. Wherefore then dost thou vent such sorrow like an ignoble one? Thou hast thy dart conferred on thee by Brahma; and thy mail and thy weapon--the bow--and thy car yoked with a thousand asses, sending forth clatter resembling the rumbling of clouds. The deities and the Danavas have by means of thy arms been terrified over and over again. And furnished with all arms, thou ought to chastise Raghava. But stay at thy pleasure, O mighty sovereign, I will go out to battle; and even as Garuda captureth serpents, will I capture thine enemies. And as Samvara was vanquished by the lord of the immortals, or Naraka by Vishnu, will I bringing down Rama in battle make him sleep (in the field)". Hearing Triçiras' words, Ravana--lord of Rakshasas--urged on by Fate, considered himself as having regained his life. And hearing the speech of Triçiras, Devantaka, and Narantaka, and the energetic Atikaya also, were wrought up with martial enthusiasm. And then those foremost of Nairitas--the heroic sons of Ravana--endowed with the prowess of Sakra himself--roared out, 'I will go,' 'I will go.' And all could range the sky, and all were skilled in illusion, and all were crushers of the pride of the immortals; and all were irrisistible in encounter. And all of them were endowed with superior strength, and all had achieved wide celebrity. They had never been heard of as having been beaten in fight even by the gods along with the Gandharvas, or the mighty serpents accompanied by the Kinnaras. And all were skilled in weapons and heroic; and all were versed in warfare. And all were possessed of the higher knowledge; and all had obtained boons. And then the king surrounded by those sons of his, appearing like celestials,--capable of injuring the force and fortune of the foe,--looked splendid like Maghavan environed by the immortals, humblers of the hauteur of mighty Danavas. And embracing his sons and adorning them in ornaments,--he sent them to the field with his best benedictions. And Ravana sent the brothers--Yudhyonmatta and Matta--for protecting the princes in the field. And then, saluting the high-souled Ravana--destroyer of creatures,--and going round him, those huge-bodied ones marched forth. And furnished with every description of medicinal herbs and perfumes, these six Nairitas--foremost of their kind--endowed with great strength--burning for battle, marched forth,--Triçiras and Atikaya, and Devantaka and Narantaka, and Mahodara and Mahaparçwa went out, urged on by Fate. Then Mahodara mounted the elephant--Sudarçana--sprung in the race of Airavata, and resembling dark-blue clouds. And accoutred in every weapon, and decked with quivers, he looked splendid on his elephant like the Sun ascending the crest of the Setting-hill. And Ravana's son--Triçiras--ascended a car yoked with excellent steeds, and furnished with every variety of arms. And having ascended the car, Triçiras bow in hand appeared beautiful like a mass of burning clouds having lightning and meteors, and crowned with Indra's bow.[241] And dight with three diadems, Triçiras looked splendid in that superb car, like the monarch of mountains Himavan--with the three golden hills. And then that foremost of all bowmen--the powerful Atikaya--son unto the lord of Rakshasas--ascended the best of cars having excellent wheels and _akshas_, and yoked with excellent steeds,--and furnished with bottoms and holes; flaming with quivers and bows; and bristling with _praças_ and swords and blugdeons. And adorned with a crown plated with wrought gold and (other) ornaments, he looked like the Meru swimming in its own splendour And that powerful son of the king surrounded by the Nairitas looked lovely on that car like the thunder-handed (Deity) engirt by the immortals. And Narantaka mounted a white steed resembling Uchchaiçrava, caparisoned in gold, having a large frame and endowed with the velocity of the Wind. And taking a _praça_, Narantaka appeared like the energetic Guha mounted on the peacock, grasping his dart. And taking a bludgeon decked in golden ornaments, Devantaka resembled Vishnu at the time of the churning of the ocean, holding the Darbhya,[242] and staying burthening (the earth). And the powerful Mahaparçwa endowed with terrific energy, taking his mace, appeared like Kuvera holding in his hand a mace in the encounter.