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When Shoorpankhaa found Khar, Dooshan and their 14,000 Raakshas army killed by lone Raam. she cried and went to Lankaa crying. At that time her brother, Raavan, was sitting on his gold throne. He was glowing like a fire. He was sitting among his ministers as Indra sits among Marud Gan. [He had already won Devtaa, Gandharv, Braahman etc. So all offerings offered to I dra and other Devtaa belong to him, and other offerings are hindered by his people, that was the main problem om all celestials and Braahman.]. He has got this position after many fights and getting many bruises on his body. He has been assaulted by Vishnu's Chakra many times in wars.

He had 10 heads and 20 arms. He had very best jewelry on his body and he had all the signs of being Raajarshi. He had defeated Naag Vaasuki of Bhogvatee Nagaree, He had abducted the wife of Takshak Naag. He snatched away Pushpak Vimaan of Kuber, had destroyed his Chitrarath garden and Nandan Van of Indra with envy. and he had defeated Kuber too. He used to destroy Yagya of Braahman, [not by himself because he didn't anybody else to get better boons than his and thus kill those Braahman who dare to conduct rituals to Indra and other deities - of course not by bhimself because he himself was a braahman and was taught by Braahman]  

He did Tapasyaa for Shiv Jee for 10,000 years, and offered his heads to Him several times. He got the Var from Shiv Jee not to be killed by any Devtaa, Gandharv, Daanav, Pishaach, birds, snakes, but he didn't mention about human being because he was not afraid of them. Shoorpankhaa saw such Raavan sitting on the throne. She went to him crying and said.

Sarg 33 - Shoorpankhaa's Complaint to Raavan 

Shoorpankhaa said wailing - "You are still enjoying here and although you can observe but still you are not observing. Who cling to earthly pleasures are not honored by people like crematory fire. Hey Raavan, Whoever Raajaa doesn't care for his publicin person and in time  his kingdom is ruined soon, and he soon gets destroyed. In whose kingdom Raajaa's detectives do not work, or who does not see his public on a regular basis, he is also destroyed soon. [Shoorpankhaa knows that Raavan has many spies in his kingdom but she also know that they are useless, they make some story after the mis-happenings have happened as Akampan did and there may be mutiny in the kingdom later].

Whoever Raajaa does not guard his dependent kingdoms himself, he can never progress. Devtaa and Gandharv are your enemies, your mind is boyish, you are unaware of danger also, then how can you rule your kingdom properly? Those who cannot keep control their spies, treasury and strategies, they they are like an ordinary man among kings. Your ministers are fools. You don't know what is happening in your kingdom, that is why you don't know about the killing of your brothers, nor you know about Jansthaan.

Hey Raavan, Raam alone has killed 14,000 Raakshas army along with Khar and Dooshan. He has made all Rishi fearless by killing them. You don't know about it because you are always busy in fulfilling your desires. Hey Raavan, Whoever Raajaa is angry and proud and considers himself very high and does not listen to public, his own people kill him in his bad times. You have discarded these merits that is why you don't know about the huge killing in Jansthaan through your spies.

Shoorpankhaa described him thus. Hearing his own defects Raavan thought about himself for a while.

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