वानरान्वानरैरेव जघ्नुस्ते नैतर्षभाः। राक्षसान्राक्षसैरेव जघ्नुस्ते वानरा अपि॥ आक्षिप्य च शिलाः शैलाञ्जघ्नुस्ते राक्षसास्तदा। तेषां चाच्छिद्य शस्त्राणि जघ्नू रक्षांसि वानराः॥ निर्जघ्नुः शैलशृङ्गैश्च बिभिदुश्च परस्परम्। सिंहनादान्विनेदुश्च रणे राक्षसवानराः॥
vānarānvānaraireva jaghnuste naitarṣabhāḥ| rākṣasānrākṣasaireva jaghnuste vānarā api|| ākṣipya ca śilāḥ śailāñjaghnuste rākṣasāstadā| teṣāṃ cācchidya śastrāṇi jaghnū rakṣāṃsi vānarāḥ|| nirjaghnuḥ śailaśṛṅgaiśca bibhiduśca parasparam| siṃhanādānvineduśca raṇe rākṣasavānarāḥ||
English Meaning
Those foremost of Naiſtas slew monkeys with (the dead bodies of monkeys); and the monkeys smote Rākṣasas with (the dead bodies of) Rāks asas; and the Raksasas slew (the monkeys), hurling rocks and crags. And snatching away their own arms by main force, the monkeys finished Rākṣasa; and they, slaughtered them with mountain-peaks, and also wounded each other. The monkeys and Räkşasas emitted leonine roars in the encounter.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)