Vāli was seated with his back (towards Rāvaņa); still from his footsteps he perceived that he had come within the grasp of Råvaņa's army and he at once caught hold of him like to Garuda holding a serpent.
हस्तग्राहं तु तं मत्वा पादशब्देन रावणम्। पराङ्मुखोऽपि जग्राह वाली सर्पमिवाण्डजः॥