Then Ráma's face his rapture showed,

And his full heart with joy o'erflowed,

While, as the sages parted thence,

He paid his humble reverence.

Then Bharat shook in every limb

As suppliant thus he spake to him:

“The duty of a king respect,

Held by our race in high respect:

And O, thy gracious ear incline

To heed my mother's prayer and mine.