Transfer them, and enthrone my son.

The time is come to claim at last

The double boon of days long-past,

When Gods and demons met in fight,

And thou wouldst fain my care requite.

Now forth to Daṇḍak's forest drive

Thy Ráma for nine years and five,

And let him dwell a hermit there

With deerskin coat and matted hair.

Without a rival let my boy