Thereupon leaving aside Rāghava's car he began to assail the monkey-host and enveloped the sky with a continual discharge of arrows. The Ten-necked demon let loose many a weapon even at the risk of his own life.
विमुच्य राघवरथं समन्ताद्वानरे बले। सायकैरन्तरिक्षं च चकार सुनिरन्तरम्॥ मुमोच च दशग्रीवो निःसङ्गेनान्तरात्मना।