And mounted on elephants resembling mountain-peaks, numbers of Rākṣasas, intent upon staying Rāma in battle, showered arrows on him, as mighty clouds pour down showers on the monarch of mountains.
ते रामे शरवर्षाणि व्यसृजन् रक्षसां गणाः ॥ शेलेन्द्रमिक धाराभिर्वर्षमाणा महाघनाः।