Ramayana

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यद्यद्यास्ति मतिर्योद्धुं युद्धतृष्णासमावृता । निहत्यास्मांस्ततो युद्धमर्जुनेनोपयास्यसि ॥ 7-32-31 ॥

If today, gripped by a thirst for combat, your mind is set on fighting, then only after slaying us will you go on to do battle with Arjuna."

english translation

ततस्ते रावणामात्यैरमात्याः पार्थिवस्य तु । सूदिताश्चापि ते युद्धे भक्षिताश्च बुभुक्षितैः ॥ 7-32-32 ॥

Thereupon the ministers of that king were slain in turn by Ravana's ministers, and being hungry, those ministers devoured them after they had been struck down in the battle.

english translation

ततो हलहलाशब्दो नर्मदातीर आबभौ । अर्जुनस्यानुयातऽणां रावणस्य च मन्त्रिणाम् ॥ 7-32-33 ॥

Then a tumultuous uproar arose on the bank of the Narmada, raised by the followers of Arjuna and by the counsellors of Ravana.

english translation

इषुभिस्तोमरैः शूलैस्त्रिशूलैर्वज्रकर्षणैः । सरावणानर्दयन्तः समन्तात्समभिद्रुताः ॥ 7-32-34 ॥

With arrows, with javelins, with spears, with tridents, and with thunderbolt-like weapons, rushing in from every side, they tormented Ravana together with his men.

english translation

हैहयाधिपयोधानां वेग आसीत्सुदारुणः । सनक्रमीनमकरसमुद्रस्येव निःस्वनः ॥ 7-32-35 ॥

The onslaught of the warriors of the lord of the Haihayas was exceedingly terrible, like the roar of the ocean teeming with crocodiles, fishes, and sea-monsters.

english translation