Three foe-destroying arrows flew,

Keen-pointed, leaping from the string,

Swift as the wind or feathered king.

Dire shafts, on flesh of foemen fed,

Like rushing thunderbolts they sped,

With knots well smoothed and barbs well bent,

Shot e'en as one, the arrows went.

But I who Ráma's might had felt,

And knew the blows the hero dealt,

Escaped by rapid flight. The two