In the meantime, o Rāma, a Yakşa named Sañyodhakanțaka, accompanied by an extensive force and a large number of vehicles, on being despatched, rushed (on the foe).
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे राम विस्तीर्णबलवाहनः। प्रेषितो न्यपतद्यक्षो नाम्ना संयोधकण्टकः॥