And gave me back my power and fame.

O Lakshmaṇ, say, whose grateful heart

Could nurse the hope to pay in part,

By service of a life, the deed

Of Ráma sprung of heavenly seed?

His foeman Rávaṇ shall be slain,

And Sítá shall be his again.

The hero's side I will not leave,

But he the conquest shall achieve.

What need of help has he who drew