As soon as Rāvaņa left that place, that head and that bow vanished. And in company with the councillors of dreadful power, (Ravana) decided his course with reference to Rāma.
अन्तर्धानं तु तच्छीर्षं तच्च कार्मुकमुत्तमम्। जगाम रावणस्यैव निर्याणसमनन्तरम्॥ राक्षसेन्द्रस्तु तैः सार्ध मन्त्रिभिर्भीमविक्रमैः। समर्थयामास तदा रामकार्यविनिश्चयम्॥