My chariot and the bows I bend.

My swords, my shafts of brilliant sheen,

My divers lances long and keen.

On to the battle will I lead

These heroes of Pulastya's seed,

And thus, O famed for warlike skill,

Ráma my wicked foeman kill.”

He spoke, and ere his speech was done,

His chariot glittering like the sun,

Yoked and announced, by Dúshan's care,