Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.173

c9.173

Sampāti told the monkeys another story also as follows:- Rāvaṇa once abducted a Yakṣa beauty from Alakāpurī and carried her away in his Puṣpaka Vimāna. Sampāti clashed with Rāvaṇa on his way and destroyed his plane. But the plane, which was self-generating came again into existence. Sampāti threw away by its beak the Candrahāsa (Rāvaṇa’s sword) and kicked his crown down. At last, at the request of Rāvaṇa, he Sampāti signed a non-aggression pact. That was the reason why Sampāti could not fight Rāvaṇa in person.