Even Millions of Ravanas Cannot Prevail Beneath the Command of Rama

The monkeys and bears possess a courage native to their being. They have crossed forests, gathered from mountains, searched the ends of the earth, and come to the sea prepared to make their own bodies instruments of Rama's purpose.

Their natural heroism is only the foundation. Above their innumerable heads stands Rama himself, the supreme commander whose glance gave them the strength of winged mountains and whose single arrow can master the ocean before them.

Shuka sets the final measure before Ravana. Imagine not one king of Lanka but millions of Ravanas, each terrible as Death, entering battle together. Could even such a host conquer the bears and monkeys while the Lord stands over them? The question enters the hall with an answer too immense for pride to receive.

Count Ravana by the million, and still the scale fails when Rama stands above the forest host.