And to the skiey regions sped.

The breath of life had passed away.

Stretched on the ground the body lay.

When Ráma saw the vulture lie,

Huge as a hill, with darksome eye,

With many a poignant woe distressed

His brother chief he thus addressed:

“Amid these haunted shades content

Full many a year this bird has spent.

His life in home of giants passed,