00:00Imagine marching across the world, believing no king could ever bind you.
00:04Ravana, ten-headed king of Lanka, learned that lesson in iron chains.
00:08The Ramayana records this defeat in its Uttarakhanda.
00:12Ravana reached the Narmada river, boasting that all worlds feared him.
00:16Nearby, King Kartaviri Arjuna was bathing in the cool current.
00:21This ruler possessed a thousand arms and immense physical strength.
00:25To amuse his queens, the king raised his arms and blocked the water.
00:30Downstream, the sudden flood swept away Ravana's prayer altar.
00:33Enraged the demon king Marsh to crush the man who ruined his prayer.
00:37Ravana raised his ten heads and shouted,
00:39Bow down or die where you stand.
00:42But Arjuna laughed stepping ashore with a thousand weapons drawn.
00:46Nine hundred arms pinned Ravana's blades, while one hundred bound his wrists.
00:51The conqueror of gods was dragged away, locked in a dark cell.
00:56Think about the pride that leads an invincible warrior into a cage.
01:01Only when Ravana's sage grandfather begged for mercy was he released.
01:05The demon walked away free, but left his glory in that dungeon.
01:09Ten heads meant nothing against a king, who held the river in his hands.
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