Canto XXVIII. The Death Of Tádaká.

Thus spoke the saint. Each vigorous word

The noble monarch's offspring heard,

And, reverent hands together laid,

His answer to the hermit made:

“My sire and mother bade me aye

Thy word, O mighty Saint, obey

So will I, O most glorious, kill

This Táḍaká who joys in ill,