My mother, fares she well? has she

Sent message or command to me?”

Thus Bharat spake, the mighty-souled,

And they in brief their tidings told:

“All they of whom thou askest dwell,

O lion lord, secure and well:

Thine all the smiles of fortune are:

Make ready; let them yoke the car.”

Thus by the royal envoys pressed,

Bharat again the band addressed: