When Ravana heard that the most valorous of Lanka had perished in the hands of Hanuman, fear, an unfamiliar emotion so alien to him gripped the king of rakshasas. Not wanting anyone to know that he was afraid, he even tried to cover up the bodily manifestations of that fear. He called for the chiefs of his armies, Virupaksha, Yupaksha Durdhara, Bhragusu and Bhasakarna, deputing them to punish the wayward vanara. He even wondered if the monster could have been created by Indra to destroy the rakshasas, "Perhaps this is their way of vengeance. Hearing of the vanara is to believe that he is no ordinary woodland monkey. His actions belie his breed. I have seen many valiant vanaras like Vali and Sugriva, but none were as magnetic, as glowingly handsome or so incredibly intelligent. Nor did they possess such indomitable strength and such inexhaustible energy, which is frightening. This creature is nothing but an embodiment of the greatest power, in the form of a vanara." Since in war, victory was not a certainty, Ravana warned his warriors to be alert and spare no efforts to safeguard themselves. Bowing to their king the chiefs of armies raced away to meet their lone enemy. Durdhara shot the first few arrows at the effulgence before him. Hanuman growing his body to unseen and unheard of proportions jumped onto Durdhara's chariot, the impact of which left the chariot, its horses and its master broken and lifeless. Bounding out of their chariots Virupaksha and Yupaksha tried to hit out at Hanuman, but their short lived attack ended in disaster as they were also struck down. Praghasa and Bhasakarna faced the same fate. The blood soaked battlefield rendered pathless with the bodies of dead demons, animals and skeletons of shattered chariots seemed to extend to the very ends of the earth. Wiping out the best among Ravana's war heroes Hanuman was back on top of the tower gate, glowering and as fearful as Yama at the time of the destruction of the world.