Wood-rovers who will meet thee there.

For as the fuel food supplies

That bids the dormant flame arise,

Thus when the warrior grasps his bow

He feels his breast with ardour glow.

Deep in a holy grove, of yore,

Where bird and beast from strife forbore,

Śuchi beneath the sheltering boughs,

A truthful hermit kept his vows.

Then Indra, Śachí's heavenly lord,