And the surviving might-wanderers, who fled (from the battle-field), reaching the city, informed king Ravana of all that had happened.
तेऽभिपत्य परुं भग्ना हतशेषा निशाचराः। सर्वं राज्ञे यथावृत्तं रावणाय न्यवेदयन्॥