Lightnings and firebrands accompanied by a terrible sound began to fall down on all sides. And beholding these omens inauspicious to Rāvana all the Rākşasas were greatly sorry.
सनिर्घाता महोल्काश्च संप्रपेतुर्महास्वना। विषादयंस्ते रक्षांसि रावणस्य तदा हिताः॥