This promise by that earlier vow.

In Daṇḍak forest wild and vast

Must fourteen years by me be passed.

My father's will makes Bharat heir,

The kingdom and the throne to share.

Now, ere the lonely wild I seek,

I come once more with thee to speak.

In Bharat's presence, O my dame,

Ne'er speak with pride of Ráma's name:

Another's eulogy to hear