The captive of surrounding foes,

And Lakshmaṇ through the woods that spread

Around him with his Vánars fled.

Hanúmán fell: one deadly stroke

The neck of King Sugríva broke,

And Mainda sank, and Dwivid lay

Gasping in blood his life away.

The Vánars died, or fled dispersed

Like cloudlets when the storm has burst.

Some rose aloft in air, and more