Then the five elements (i.e., earth water, air, fire and space) forsook Ravana; and he was deprived all of the worlds by the energy of the Brahma weapon.
तत्यजुस्तं महाभागं पञ्च भूतानि रावणम्। भ्रंशितः सर्वलोकेभ्यः स हि ब्रह्मास्त्रतेजसा॥