Saints and Pitrs and deities and Gandharvas and birds and serpents, placing Satakratu in their front, protected Laksmana in the conflict.
ऋषयः पितरो देवा गन्धर्वगरुडोरगाः। शतक्रतुं पुरस्कृत्य ररक्षुर्लक्ष्मणं रणे॥