With Ráma and his strength to cope.
Impelled by fate and blind with rage
He came to Ráma's hermitage.
There, by Márícha's magic art,
He wiled the princely youths apart,
The vulture[31] slew, and bore away
The wife of Ráma as his prey.
The son of Raghu[32] came and found
Jaṭáyu slain upon the ground.
He rushed within his leafy cot;