Thus Ráma spoke his heart to cheer,

To Dundubhi's vast frame drew near:

He touched it with his foot in play

And sent it twenty leagues away.

Sugríva marked what easy force

Hurled through the air that demon's corse

Whose mighty bones were white and dried,

And to the son of Raghu cried:

“My brother Báli, when his might

Was drunk and weary from the fight,