Thou who couldst leave bliss, fortune, all,

Yea life itself at duty's call,

Dost thou not see this outrage done

To hapless me, O Raghu's son?

'Tis thine, O victor of the foe,

To bring the haughtiest spirit low,

How canst thou such an outrage see

And let the guilty fiend go free?

Ah, seldom in a moment's time

Comes bitter fruit of sin and crime,