Of fair Vedeha with thee bring,

With heavenly coats of sword-proof mail,

Quivers, whose arrows never fail,

And golden-hilted swords so keen,

The rivals of the sun in sheen.

Tended with care these arms are all

Preserved in my preceptor's hall.

With speed, O Lakshmaṇ, go, produce,

And bring them hither for our use.”

So on a woodland life intent,