And soothe the sorrow of the sire.

His fiery wrath no longer glowed,

And Brahmá's self the boon bestowed

That in the brunt of battle none

Should slay with steel the Wind-God's son.

Lord Indra, sovereign of the skies,

Bent on thee all his thousand eyes,

And swore that ne'er the bolt which he

Hurls from the heaven should injure thee.

'Tis thine, O mighty chief, to share