My father died, and each sage lord

Named Báli king with one accord;

And he, by right of birth ordained,

The sovereign of the Vánars reigned.

He in his royal place controlled

The kingdom of our sires of old,

And I all faithful service lent

To aid my brother's government.

The fiend Máyáví,—him of yore

To Dundubhi[563] his mother bore,—