With fresh supply of woodland cheer,

Large store of venison of the buck,

Or some great boar his hand has struck.

Meanwhile, O stranger, grant my prayer:

Thy name, thy race, thy birth declare,

And why with no companion thou

Roamest in Daṇḍak forest now.”

Thus questioned Sítá, Ráma's dame.

Then fierce the stranger's answer came:

“Lord of the giant legions, he