The carnage of the battle field,

Which, bearing each a blazing brand,

Hanúmán and Vibhishaṇ scanned,

Moving with slow and anxious tread

Among the dying and the dead.

Sad was the scene of slaughter shown

Where'er the torches' light was thrown.

Here mountain forms of Vánars lay

Whose heads and limbs were lopped away,

Arms, legs and fingers strewed the ground,