And the enraged Rākṣasa opposed it by ten shafts. Witnessing his action rendered fruitless, the energetic Hanumān of terrific prowess, uprooting a large Sāla, began to whirl it in the air).
तां शरैर्दशभिः क्रुद्धस्ताडयामास राक्षसः॥ विपन्नं कर्म तद् दृष्ट्वा हनूमांश्चण्डविक्रमः। सालं विपुलमुत्पाट्य भ्रामयामास वीर्यवान्॥