His feet, and strained them to his breast;

And then the chief of devotees

Bespake them both in words like these:

“Go with thy brother, Ráma, go,

Pursue thy path untouched by woe:

Go with thy faithful Sítá, she

Still like a shadow follows thee.

Roam Daṇḍak wood observing well

The pleasant homes where hermits dwell,—

Pure saints whose ordered souls adhere