Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.1705

c7.1705

13) Yama Defeated by Rāvaṇa. Once the sage Nārada went to Rāvaṇa and expatiated on the glory and splendour of Yama. Immediately Rāvaṇa set out to Saṁyamani with the intention of subduing Yama. Accepting Rāvaṇa’s challenge, Yama came out. After a terrible battle between them, which lasted for seven days neither was able to defeat the other. Both of them had received Brahmā’s boon. In the night of the seventh day, Yama rushed forth with his staff to beat Rāvaṇa to death. Then Rāvaṇa took his Brahmāstra. At that critical moment, Brahmā came to the battlefield and persuaded Yama to withdraw from the fight. Yama retreated to its city and closed the gate. Rāvaṇa went back with a triumphant shout. (Uttara Rāmāyaṇa).