Strewn on the ground, the way I go,

Bright as the lustrous path that lies

Athwart the region of the skies.[786]

The Maithil lady will I find,—

Thus speaks mine own prophetic mind,—

And cast in hideous ruin down

The shattered walls of Lanká's town.”

Still on the chief in rapt surprise

The Vánar legions bent their eyes,

And thus again sage Jámbaván