There took place a tremendous onslaught of the monkeys and the Raksasas. And Lankā resounded all around with that mighty tumult; and the sky was covered with weapons of various shapes, and whetted arrows and trees and dreadful upraised mountain-tops.
स संप्रहारस्तुमुल: संजज्ञे कपिरक्षसाम्। शब्देन महता लङ्कां नादयन्वै समन्ततः॥ शस्त्रैश्च विविधाकारैः शितैर्बाणैश्च पादपैः। उद्यतैर्गिरिशृङ्गैश्च घोरैराकाशमावृतम्॥