Hearing Dhumraksa's words, the general of the forces, following them, at the command of Rāvaņa forthwith made the army ready.
धूम्राक्षवचनं श्रुत्वा बलाध्यक्षो बलानुगः। बलमुद्योजयामास रावणस्याज्ञया भृशम्॥