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[Maareech said to Raavan] - "Hey Raajan, People like those people who talk pleasant. Pleasant speaking people are all ove but unpleasant speaking people are rare. In fact you have not recognized Raam, because you don't have any detectives in your kingdom. Raam is like Mahendra (Indra) and Varun (rain god). If Raam will be angry, then He will definitely kill all Raakshas. Seetaa has taken birth only to kill you. Because of this Seetaa there will be a great disaster, and to destroy this whole Lankaa whose king is like you.

I agree with this, that He has come to forest by the order of His father, but He is not completely forsaken by His father, nor He has gone out of His tradition, nor He is an infamous Kshatriya, nor He is atrocious. He has come to Dandak Van only to keep truth of Raajaa Dashrath who was outwitted by Kaikeyee. Tofulfill the wish of Kaikeyee and Raajaa Dashrath He came here in Dandak Van.

Hey Raavan, He is not the slave of His Indriyaan. Whatever you are saying about Raam, it is completely untrue. He knows Dharm, He is truthful, He bears a good character, He is the Swaamee of all Lok like Indra. Whoever Seetaa is under the protection of Raam, you cannot abduct Her, Her abduction means robbing shine from the Sun? She is the wife of a lion. As the ritual fire cannot be molested, She also cannot be molested.

Hey Raajan, Why do you want to go near Kaal leaving your joyful life? Even His look will end your life.  What will you gain by this, and any time you will go to fight with Him, consider yourself as dead. Take the decision considering right and wrong and strengths and weaknesses with the consultation of your good ministers and Vibheeshan. But if you listen to me it is better for you, that you don't fight with Him." 

Sarg 38 - Maareech Further Tries..

"Hey Raajan, When I had the strength of 1,000 elephants and my body was like a mountain, and when I lived in Dandak Van eating Rishi Muni's flesh, at that time Muni Vishwaamitra Jee said to Raajaa Dashrath because of my fear - "Please protect our Yagya from Maareech through Raam." Hearing this Dashrath said - "Hey Muni, Our Raam is less than 12 years old. He does not know even handling of weapons properly because He is not being trained for that yet, that is why I myself will go along with you with my Chaturanginee army and I will kill him as you will instruct me."

Vishwaamitra Jee said - "Hey Raajan, Nobody else can kill that Raakshas except Raam. I know that you have always helped Devtaa in war, Trilok knows about it and you have a lots of army power also, but you stay back here and send Raam with me."

So Hey Raavan, Vishwaamitra Jee took that 12-year old Raam to his Aashram in Dandak Van. There Muni started his Yagya and Raam started guarding his Yagya. He was really a kid at that time. He had not grown even mustache.

With peacock blue-complexion, wearing a single cloth with golden lockets, handsome Raam was guarding Vishwaamitra's Yagya wearing only one necklace and beautiful clothes, [see Note: Raam's Age here] then I in my pride of my Var given by Brahmaa Jee, wearing my earrings, went to the Aashram and misjudging Him attacked on the fire altar. As Raam saw me coming, He shot an fire-like arrow at me and I fell 100 Yojan far in the sea. He did not kill me at that time. He just threw me in the sea sparing my life. When I gained consciousness, then I went back to Lankaa Puree. He who was elementary in using arms killed my helpers. [at that time].

That is why I am asking you not to develop any kind of fight with Him. Because if you will do, you will surely get into trouble and you and yourgem-studded golden Lankaa will be destroyed because of that Seetaa and because of that all other Raakshas will also be killed. There is no other greater erring than being engaged with another's wife. You have already seized thousand of women in your palace, you better enjoy with them only. I have given you a good advice, but still if you want to intimidate Seetaa then consider yourself destroyed."

At the very word Raam Maareech is shuddered. Since he was struck by His arrow, he left his all Raakashasee activities, but now Raavan was instigating him to do it again, or to his death to which he is fully aware.

Shine means Prabhaa which incidentally is the name of wife of Soorya also

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