And suppliant thus they sweetly spoke:

“Thy thralls, O Ráma, here we stand:

Command, we pray, thy faithful band”

“Depart,” he cried, “where each may list,

But when I call you to assist,

Be present to my mind with speed,

And aid me in the hour of need.”

To Ráma then they lowly bent,

And round him in due reverence went,

To his command, they answered, Yea,