Suka, the Ravan’s spy, <br />Who failed in his try, <br />Told Ravan to go for peace <br />And the war-cry to cease. <br /> <br />His spies, in disguise, went <br />As monkeys to scent <br />What preparation was up <br />In the enemy’s camp. <br /> <br />Vibhishana caught them <br />And sent them to Ram, <br />With an advice to kill them, <br />But Ram released them. <br /> <br />It was Ram’s intention, <br />That their preparation, <br />Thro’ them, be known, <br />To the opponent Ravan. <br /> <br />The spies also told Ravan, <br />Not to depend too much upon <br />His own weapons’ strength, <br />As they were equal in strength. <br /> <br />Brushing aside every advice, <br />He wasn’t for path of peace, <br />His ego blinded his eyes, <br />Into deaf ears went their cries. <br /> <br />Ravan ordered for a false head, <br />To look like Ram’s head, <br />And sent it to the park Asoka, <br />To be placed before Sita. <br /> <br />“Ram’s army has been destroyed, <br />And Ram has been beheaded, “ <br />A terrible lie Ravan told Sita, <br />Hoping she'd thereby forget Rama. <br /> <br />Ravan received an urgent call, <br />In the military assembly hall, <br />He hurriedly went back, <br />Of the situation, to take stock. <br /> <br />Sita’s sympathizer Sarama told, <br />That Ram’s head was only a mould, <br />Real Ram was coming with army, <br />To fight and win his enemy. <br /> <br />The demons of Lanka heard, <br />At the drums’ sound they feared. <br />The noise reached Sita’s ears, <br />She enjoyed it, with no fears.<br /><br />Rajaram Ramachandran<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ramayan-part-51-ravan-s-tricks-with-sita/
