[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Mixed prose-and-verse narratives](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu) › [Campūs on the Rāma story](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana) › [Campūrāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt) › 3.40 # Rāmāyaṇacampū 3.40 English (machine translation) 3.40 - **Language:** English ### [3.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.3.40) To bring grief upon the lord of the night-roamers, to destroy the army of the rākṣasas, / to make the women of his inner quarters weep without pride, / and to purify with fire the city of Laṅkā, which was deprived of the entrance of the sun and moon— / battle was joined at the gateway between this monkey and the conqueror of Indra. - [Previous: 3.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.3.39) - [Next: 3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.3.41) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.3.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.3.40) · Pramāṇa