O think upon thy brother still.”

As thus the trembling Lakshmaṇ cried,

The dauntless Ráma thus replied:

“Brother, from causeless dread forbear.

A chief like thee should scorn despair.”

He spoke to soothe his wild alarm:

Then fierce Kabandha[517] long of arm,

Among the Dánavs[518] first and best,

The sons of Raghu thus addressed:

“What men are you, whose shoulders show