O child, Dusyanta, Suratha, Gadhi, and Gaya and king Pururavă all these kings said: 'We have been defeated.' And then Rāvaņa sovereign of the Rākşasas presented himself before Ayodhyā, governed by Anaranya, like Amarāvati ruled by. Sakra. And coming to that foremost of men king like to Purandara himself in prowess, Rāvana said, 'Give me battle; or say I have been defeated. This is my mandate.'
दुष्यन्तः सुरथो गाधिर्गयो राजा पुरूरवः॥ एते सर्वेऽब्रुवंस्तात निर्जिताः स्मेति पार्थिवाः। अथायोध्यां समासाद्य रावणो राक्षसाधिपः॥ सुगुप्तामनरण्येन शक्रेणेवामरावतीम्। स तं पुरुषशार्दूलं पुरंदरसमं बले॥ प्राह राजानमासाद्य युद्धं देहीति रावणः। निर्जितोऽस्मीति वा ब्रूहि त्वमेवं मम शासनम्॥