Thereupon exclaiming his victory Prahasta said to Rāvaņa, “O king, we are destroyed by cold, so we must go away from here. The Rākşasas have been terrified by the rays of the moon; O foremost of kings, the cold rays of the moon have the natural property of fire in them." Hearing the words of Prahasta, Ravana, beside himself with wrath, having uplifted his bow and twanged it, began to assail him with Naracs.
रावणं जयशब्देन प्रहस्तोऽथैनमब्रवीत्। राजशीतेन वध्यामो निवर्ताम इतो वयम्॥ चन्द्ररश्मिप्रतापेन रक्षसां भयमाविशत्। स्वभाव एष राजेन्द्र शीतांशोर्दहनात्मकः॥ एतच्छुत्वा प्रहस्तस्य रावणः क्रोधमूर्छितः। विस्फार धनुरुद्यम्य नाराचैस्तमपीडयत्॥