Their slayer shall in hell behold.

Fight with all strength thou callest thine,

Mean scion of ignoble line,

Still, like the palm-tree's fruit, this day

My shafts thy head in dust shall lay.”

Such were the words that Ráma said:

Then Khara's eyes with wrath glowed red,

Who, maddened by the rage that burned

Within him, with a smile returned:

“Thou Daśaratha's son, hast slain