To death these rovers of the night;

But I this day would fight alone

Till all the fiends be overthrown.”

He spake: and Lakshmaṇ answered naught:

His arrows and his bow he brought,

And then with Sítá following hied

For shelter to the mountain side.

As Lakshmaṇ and the lady through

The forest to the cave withdrew,

“'Tis well,” cried Ráma. Then he braced