“O thou whom Queen Kaikeyí bare

The best of kings, thy words are fair,

Our royal father, when of yore

He wed her, to her father swore

The best of kingdoms to confer,

A noble dowry meet for her;

Then, grateful, on the deadly day

Of heavenly Gods' and demons' fray,

A future boon on her bestowed

To whose sweet care his life he owed.