O blameless Lady undefiled!”

As, praying for her husband's sake,

The faultless dame to Gangá spake,

To the right bank the vessel flew

With her whose heart was right and true.

Soon as the bark had crossed the wave,

The lion leader of the brave,

Leaving the vessel on the strand,

With wife and brother leapt to land.

Then Ráma thus the prince addressed