Then ascending this car, Prahasta, whom Rāvana had entrusted with authority, surrounded by a vast host, swiftly went out of Larkā. And then there were heard the sounds of kettledrums, resembling the roars of Parjanya, and the sounds of musical instruments, as if filling the Earth.
ततस्तं रथमास्थाय रावणार्पितशासनः॥ लङ्काया निर्ययौ तूर्णं बलेन महता वृतः। ततो दुन्दुभिनिर्घोषः पर्जन्यनिनदोपमः।। वादित्राणां न निनदः पूरयन्निव मेदिनीम्॥ शुश्रुवे शङ्खशब्दश्च प्रयाते वाहिनीपतौ।