Dhumraksha Killed by Hanuman

Prahasta fell. The spear Vibhishana had flung, invoked with a mantra, had sliced through the rakshasa's head with the speed of the vajra (Indra's thunderbolt), and he dropped like a tree struck by wind. Dhumraksha saw it happen. And he rushed at the monkeys with terrible speed, his army following behind him like a storm cloud. The bulls among the monkeys saw that army coming and their hearts failed them. They wavered. They began to fall back. Hanuman saw it too. The son of the wind-god, tiger among monkeys, rallied them. He planted himself in the path of the rakshasa army and did not move. When the monkeys saw that he was firmly established in battle, they returned. A roar went up — so great and tumultuous that it made the body hair stand on end — and the soldiers of Rama and Ravana rushed at each other. The ground turned muddy with blood. Dhumraksha used his arrows to drive the monkey army back again. But Hanuman, victorious over his enemies, grasped the mighty rakshasa swiftly. An awesome duel began between them — like the battle between Indra and the asura Prahlada — as each tried to kill the other. The rakshasa struck the monkey with clubs and maces. The monkey struck the rakshasa with trees, complete with trunks and branches. Then the gigantic and intelligent Hanuman, son of the wind-god, killed Dhumraksha — along with his horses, his chariot, and his charioteer. When the monkeys saw the supreme rakshasa dead, reassurance returned to them. They attacked and killed the rakshasa soldiers. Slaughtered by the powerful and victorious monkeys, the stalkers of the night lost their resolution and fled toward Lanka in fear. The shattered remnants retreated and returned to the city. They told King Ravana everything that had transpired.