Leap sparkling from her parent hill,

And hear the woods that round thee lie

Reëcho to the peacock's cry.

And as I bid thy brother, so,

Sumitrá's child, I bid thee go.

Go forth, these varied beauties see,

And then once more return to me.”

Thus spake the sage Sutíkshṇa: both

The chiefs assented, nothing loth,

Round him with circling steps they paced,