Hearing that hubbub of the monkey-army, the servants of the Råkşasa monarch, ran who were in Lankā, growing dispirited, and bereft of energy, with weakness overcoming their powers, did not see any good, in consequence of the fault of the ruler.
श्रुत्वा तु तं वानरसैन्यनादं लङ्कागता राक्षसराजभृत्याः। हतौजसौ दैन्यपरीतचेष्टाः श्रेयो न पश्यन्ति नृपस्य दोषात्॥