At this time Inderjit Mehgnad forsook the war-arena and returned to perform the Hom Yajna (Sacrifice).479.

Coming near the younger brother Vibhishan said that,

At that time his supreme enemy and the mighty warrior Inderjit is wwithing your ambush.480.

He is performing havana (sacrifice) by chopping his flesh, with which the whole earth is trembling and the sky is wondering.

Hearing this, Lakshman went there fearlessly with bow in his hand and quiver tied to his back.481.

Inderjit began to recite for the manifestation of the goddess and Lakshman discharged his arrows and killed Inderjit into two halves.

Lakshman returned with his forces, playing on the drum and on the other side the demons ran away on seeing their general dead.482.

End of the chapter entitled “The Killing of Inderjit’ in Ramavtar in BACHITTAR NATAK.

Now begins the description of the war with the demon Atkaaye :

SANGEET PADHISTAKA STANZA

The demon-king in great fury, began the war,

Calling his innumerable warriors, full of resentment and very wrathful.483.

Very swift-moving horses were brought who jumped hither and thither like and actor

Taking out their frightening weapons, the warriors began to fight with one another.484.