With glory, when the Gods recline
Beneath them: Śiva's[28] self between
The Lord of Gold and Beauty's Queen.
The aged king for Ráma pined,
And for the skies the earth resigned.
Bharat, his son, refused to reign,
Though urged by all the twice-born[29] train.
Forth to the woods he fared to meet
His brother, fell before his feet,
And cried, “Thy claim all men allow: