Hearing of the destruction in battle of the ministers' sons of feeble prowess Rāvana sent five heroic commanders,
मन्त्रिपुत्रान् हताश्रुत्वा समरे लघुविक्रमान्। पञ्च सेनाग्रगाञ्छूरान् प्रेषयामास रावणः॥