Like the great sun who fires the skies,

Doomed in the general doom to fall

When time shall end and ruin all.

The wounded Báli, when he saw

Ráma and Lakshmaṇ nearer draw,

Keen words to Raghu's son, impressed

With justice' holy stamp, addressed:

“What fame, from one thou hast not slain

In front of battle, canst thou gain,

Whose secret hand has laid me low