If, lord of giant race, thy mind

Be fickle, false, to sin inclined,

How wilt thou kingly place retain?

High thrones in heaven no sinners gain.

The soul which gentle passions sway

Ne'er throws its nobler part away,

Nor will the mansion of the base

Long be the good man's dwelling-place.

Prince Ráma, chief of high renown,

Has wronged thee not in field or town.