Broken down by his own mace, Matta dropped down like a hill, with his teeth and eyes shrivelled up; and he dropped to the earth deprived of strength and life, with his eyes paling. And on that Räkşasas falling, the Raksas forces began to fly.
मत्तानीकं महात्मा स जघान रणमूर्धनि। स स्वया गदया भग्नो विशीर्णदशनेक्षणः॥ निपपात तदा मत्तो वजाहत इवाचलः। विशीर्णनयनो भूमौ गतसत्त्वो गतायुषः। पतिते राक्षसे तस्मिन्विद्रुतं राक्षसं बलम्॥