Waved flag and pennon to the air,

And, as with joy the car he drove,

He let his eyes delighted rove.

On every side, where'er he came,

He heard glad words, their theme the same,

As in their joy the gathered folk

Of Ráma and the throning spoke.

Then saw he Ráma's palace bright

And vast as Mount Kailása's height,

That glorious in its beauty showed