The giant king that plan approved,

Pondered the counsel in his breast,

And then Akampan thus addressed:

“Forth in my car I go at morn,

None but the driver with me borne,

And this fair Sítá will I bring

Back to my city triumphing.”

Forth in his car by asses drawn

The giant monarch sped at dawn,

Bright as the sun, the chariot cast