Ramayan Part 51 - Ravan's Tricks With Sita Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

Suka, the Ravan’s spy,
Who failed in his try,
Told Ravan to go for peace
And the war-cry to cease.

His spies, in disguise, went
As monkeys to scent
What preparation was up
In the enemy’s camp.

Vibhishana caught them
And sent them to Ram,
With an advice to kill them,
But Ram released them.

It was Ram’s intention,
That their preparation,
Thro’ them, be known,
To the opponent Ravan.

The spies also told Ravan,
Not to depend too much upon
His own weapons’ strength,
As they were equal in strength.

Brushing aside every advice,
He wasn’t for path of peace,
His ego blinded his eyes,
Into deaf ears went their cries.

Ravan ordered for a false head,
To look like Ram’s head,
And sent it to the park Asoka,
To be placed before Sita.

“Ram’s army has been destroyed,
And Ram has been beheaded, “
A terrible lie Ravan told Sita,
Hoping she'd thereby forget Rama.

Ravan received an urgent call,
In the military assembly hall,
He hurriedly went back,
Of the situation, to take stock.

Sita’s sympathizer Sarama told,
That Ram’s head was only a mould,
Real Ram was coming with army,
To fight and win his enemy.

The demons of Lanka heard,
At the drums’ sound they feared.
The noise reached Sita’s ears,
She enjoyed it, with no fears.