To meet the stranger prince she went.

When Lakshmaṇ saw the Vánar queen

With tranquil eyes and modest mien,

Before the dame he bent his head,

And anger, at her presence, fled.

Made bold by draughts of wine, and cheered

By Lakshmaṇ's look no more she feared,

And in the trust his favour lent

She thus addressed him eloquent:

“Whence springs thy burning fury? say: