Made splendid by the dying sun.

As fell the hero, crushed in fight,

There beamed afar a triple light

From limbs, from chain, from shaft that drank

His life-blood as the warrior sank.

The never-failing shaft, impelled

By the great bow which Ráma held,

Brought bliss supreme, and lit the way

To Brahmá's worlds which ne'er decay.[586]

Ráma and Lakshmaṇ nearer drew