“You should know me to be as inseparable from Rama as sunlight is inseparable from the sun. Unite me with Rama at once if you wish to do good for yourself and your Rakshasa race. Make friends with Rama. Otherwise, see your city, yourself and all the demons destroyed for good. If I am kept here, you will soon see well-aimed arrows joined end to end filling the sky. They will rain down upon Lanka like so many fire-mouthed serpents. You were able to steal me only when Rama and his brother were not present. Indeed, O weak one, it is not possible for you to stand in the sight of Rama and Lakshmana
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