So Ravana wed the golden-skinned Daughter of Iltusion. He lit a fire and married her. And days later, there stood before Ravana his full-grown son Meghanada, like fire released from hiding in fuel, set free to burn. Meghanada had a voice like a cloud full of thunder. He changed his form and appearance at will; if he had a true form only his mother Mandodari knew what it was.

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