With reverential awe each youth

Bowed to the saint whose word was truth,

And then, dismissed with Sítá, they

To Panchavaṭí took their way.

Thus when each royal prince had grasped

His warrior's mighty bow, and clasped

His quiver to his side,

With watchful eyes along the road

The glorious saint Agastya showed,

Dauntless in fight the brothers strode,