Some of them were bearing spades and others with darts in hands. As Rāvana marched towards the court, there arose the loud blares of a thousand trumpet, and the uproarious sounds of conchs.
परश्वधधराश्चान्ये तथान्ये शूलपाणयः। ततस्तूर्यसहस्राणां संजज्ञे निःस्वनो महान्॥ तुमुलः शङ्खशब्दश्च सभां गच्छति रावणे।