Whom good men follow, as the rivers

Follow the King of Floods, the sea:

So liberal, so just is he.

The joy of Queen Kauśalyá's[20]heart,

In every virtue he has part:

Firm as Himálaya's[21] snowy steep,

Unfathomed like the mighty deep:

The peer of Vishṇu's power and might,

And lovely as the Lord of Night;[22]

Patient as Earth, but, roused to ire,