Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.293

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3) Cursing Rāvaṇa. Once Rāvaṇa went to the hermitage of Dattātreya. The hermit had placed a waterpot purified by reciting spells and incantations. Rāvaṇa stole that waterpot. When the hermit knew this, he cursed Rāvaṇa saying, “Since the water, which was evoked by spells and incantations, has fallen on your head, Monkeys will pollute your head by treading on it.” (Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Yuddha Kāṇḍa).