Thus Indra spoke, and Sleep fulfilled

With joy his mandate, as he willed,

To aid the plan the Gods proposed,

The demons' eyes in sleep she closed.

Then Śachí's lord, the Thousand-eyed,

To the Aśoka garden hied.

He came and stood where Sítá lay,

And gently thus began to say:

“Lord of the Gods who hold the sky,

Dame of the lovely smile, am I.