These, worth a hundred millions, be

Reserved, O large-eyed Prince, for thee.”

Loving his friends with heart and soul,

The joyful prince received the whole,

Due honour to the envoys paid,

And thus in turn his answer made:

“Of Daśaratha tidings tell:

Is the old king my father well?

Is Ráma, and is Lakshmaṇ, he

Of the high-soul, from sickness free?