And Táḍaká the echo heard,

And rose in haste from slumber stirred.

In wild amaze, her soul aflame

With fury toward the spot she came.

When that foul shape of evil mien

And stature vast as e'er was seen

The wrathful son of Raghu eyed,

He thus unto his brother cried:

“Her dreadful shape, O Lakshmaṇ, see,

A form to shudder at and flee.