Is less than nothing now to thee.

Stript of his glory, poor, dethroned,

A wanderer by his friends disowned,

On the cold earth he lays his head,

Or is with toil and misery dead.

And if perchance he lingers yet,

His eyes on thee shall ne'er be set.

Could he, that mighty monarch, who

Was named Hiraṇyakaśipu,

Could he who wore the garb of gold