With lotus eyes, arms thick and long.

The righteous sovereign, who should be

Lord paramount from sea to sea,

High-minded, born to lofty fate,

Like Brahmá's self supremely great;

With Lakshmaṇ by his side, and her,

Fair Sítá, for his minister.

And Bharat gazing, overcome

By sorrow for a while was dumb,

Then, yielding to his woe, he ran