जय श्रीराम!
सा राघवास्त्रविदीर्णानां रावणं प्रति रक्षसाम् ।
तेषां शूर्पणखैवैका दुष्प्रवृत्तिहराभवत् ॥१२.५१॥
Notes: Kālidāsa says, "Of the large Rākṣasa army, the sole survivor was Śūrpaṇakhā who rushed to Rāvaṇa to break the sad news of their decimation by the arrows of Śrīrāma."
Vālṃīki Rāmāyaṇa describes in detail the most provocative words of Śūrpaṇakhā who used every trick to incite Rāvaṇa into revenge. It seems, reading Vālṃīki, Rāvaṇa was resting on his laurels after so many terrible conquests and deeds, fearing absolutely no counter-attack from anyone. He did not care for mere mortals. And so Śūrpaṇakhā resorted to insulting barbs, pointing out how under his regime, the entire Khara army which was ruling Daṇḍakāraṇya had been wiped out by a mere mortal of a man, in exile. And the only covetable object in his possession was his beautiful wife whom Rāvaṇa should possess and ravage in revenge, and teach that exiled prince a lesson.
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जय श्रीराम!
