Submissive to his sovereign's word;
And sent his rapid envoys forth
To east and west and south and north.
They bent their airy course afar
Along the paths of bird and star,
And sped through ether farther yet
Where Vishṇu's splendid sphere is set.[646]
By sea, on hill, by wood and lake
They called to arms for Ráma's sake,
As each with terror in his breast