And, equal to the Gods, disdain

Cups, e'en of Amrit, thus to drain.

Nay e'en when Bráhmans first have fed,

They loathe the meal for others spread,

And from the leavings turn with scorn,

As bulls avoid a fractured horn.

So Ráma, sovereign lord of men,

Will spurn the sullied kingship then:

He born the eldest and the best,

His younger's leavings will detest,