Thereupon the twice-born ones, with tears in their eyes, covered the Rākşasa-king Rāvana's body, with a silken cloth and placed it on a golden celestial litter. With the sound of various bugles they began to chaunt his praise.
सौवर्णी शिविकां दिव्यामारोप्य क्षौमवाससम्॥ रावणं राक्षसाधीशमश्रुवर्णमुखा द्विजाः। तूर्यघोषैश्च विविधैस्तुवद्भिश्चाभिनन्दितम्॥