That I may pay this offering due.

First of the three shall Sítá go,

Next thou, and I the last: for so

Moves the funereal pomp of woe.”[379]

Sumantra of the noble mind,

Gentle and modest, meek and kind,

Who, follower of each princely youth,

To Ráma clung with constant truth,

Now with the royal brothers' aid

The grief of Ráma soothed and stayed,