Hearing Vajradanștra slain by the son of Vāli, Rāvaņa said to the general of his forces, standing before him with joined hands,
वज्रदंष्ट्र हतं श्रुत्वा वालिपुत्रेण रावणः। बलाध्यक्षमुवाचेदं कृताञ्जलिमुपस्थितम्॥