Their mighty spears and made reply:

They spoke with eyes aglow with ire,

While Ráma's burnt with vengeful tire,

And answered thus, in fury wild,

That peerless chief whose tones were mild:

“Nay thou hast angered, overbold,

Khara our lord, the mighty-souled,

And for thy sin, in battle strife

Shalt yield to us thy forfeit life.

No power hast thou alone to stand