The forehead of the monarch fanned,

And shell and drum and song and shout

Pealed round him as the king passed out.

About the monarch went a throng

Of Vánar warriors brave and strong,

As onward to the mountain shade

Where Ráma dwelt his way he made.

Soon as the lovely spot he viewed

Where Ráma lived in solitude,

The Vánar monarch, far-renowed,