In a moment Lankā swarmed with heroic and terrific Rākşasas equipped with various arms, as if with elephants, as well as with people worshipping Fire and bowing down to Brāhmaṇas. And the perfumed breeze blew, laden with the incense of sacrificial offerings.
सा बभूव मुहूर्तेन भीमैर्नानाविधायुधैः॥ लङ्का राक्षसवीरैस्तैर्गजैरिव समाकुला। हुताशनं तर्पयतां ब्राह्मणांश्च नमस्यताम्॥ आज्यगन्धप्रतिवहः सुरभिर्मारुतो ववौ।