And with the morrow's earliest ray

Bend to my hermitage our way.”

The son of Daśaratha heard,

Delighted, Viśvámitra's word,

And as he bade, that night he spent

In Táḍaká's wild wood, content.

And the grove shone that happy day,

Freed from the curse that on it lay,

Like Chaitraratha[164] fair and gay.