Recline upon the mountain's brows;

Be mine the toil, be mine to keep

Watch o'er thee waking or asleep.”

Filled by his speech with joy and pride,

Ráma to Lakshmaṇ thus replied:

“Go then, my brother, bid adieu

To all thy friends and retinue.

And those two bows of fearful might,

Celestial, which, at that famed rite,

Lord Varuṇ gave to Janak, king