When I thy minister am near,

Thus grieve like some forsaken thing,

Thou, every creature's lord and king?

My vengeful shaft the fiend shall slay,

And earth shall drink his blood to-day.

The fury which my soul at first

Upon usurping Bharat nursed,

On this Virádha will I wreak

As Indra splits the mountain peak.

Winged by this arm's impetuous might