ते हताश्वा हतरथाः शान्ता विमथितध्वजाः। अभिपेतुः पुरीं लङ्कां हतशेषा निशाचराः॥
te hatāśvā hatarathāḥ śāntā vimathitadhvajāḥ| abhipetuḥ purīṃ laṅkāṃ hataśeṣā niśācarāḥ||
English Meaning
And those night rangers, who were still left, having their horses killed, cars and flags broken fled in fear of life to the city of Lanka.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)