He borrowed was like Ráma's own.

So by that matchless arrow cleft,

The deer's bright form Márícha left,

Resumed his giant shape and size

And closed in death his languid eyes.

When Ráma saw his awful foe

Gasp, smeared with blood, in deadly throe,

His anxious thoughts to Sítá sped,

And the wise words that Lakshmaṇ said,

That this was false Márícha's art,