“This is the wretch my sire who slew,

And misery on my brothers drew:

Let her this day obtain the meed,

Vile sinner, of her cruel deed.”

He spake; and moved by fury laid

His mighty hand upon the maid,

Who as her fellows ringed her round,

Made with her cries the hall resound.

Soon as the gathered women viewed

Śatrughna in his angry mood,