Laksmana having at Ravana's son, and Rāvana's son having at Lakşmana, critical was the huggermugger that ensued* in the encounter between each other. *i.e. in consequence of all sides being covered with arrows, neither the Rākşas nor the monkeys could distinguish their several parties in the encounter, and the blows that each dealt were misdirected in consequence.
लक्ष्मणो रावणिं प्राप्य रावणिश्चापि लक्ष्मणम्॥ अव्यवस्था भवत्युग्रा ताभ्यामन्योन्यविग्रहे।