And Jámbaván the sage replied:

“Whate'er thy power and might may be,

This task, O Prince, is not for thee.

Kings go not forth themselves, but send

The servants who their best attend.

Thou art the darling and the boast,

The honoured lord of all the host.

In thee the root, O Angad, lies

Of our appointed enterprise;

And thee, on whom our hopes depend,