Thou liest crushed in wild unrest.”

He heard the words that Lakshmaṇ spoke,

And memory in his breast awoke,

Recalling Indra's words to mind

He spoke in gentle tones and kind:

“O welcome best of men, are ye

Whom, blest by fate, this day I see.

A blessing on each trenchant blade

That low on earth these arms has laid!

Thou, lord of men, incline thine ear