The promise which the hero gave.

While I remain for Ráma there,

Śatrughna will my exile share,

And Ráma in his home again,

With Lakshmaṇ, o'er Ayodhyá reign,

for him, to rule and guard the state,

The twice-born men shall consecrate.

O, may the Gods I serve incline

To grant this earnest wish of mine!

If when I bow before his feet