The Vánar caught it up, and swayed

The weapon round his head, and slew

The foremost of the Rákshas crew.

Thus Indra vanquished, thousand-eyed,

The Daityas who the Gods defied.

Then on the porch Hanúmán sprang,

And loud his shout of triumph rang.

The giants looked upon the dead,

And turning to their monarch fled.

And Rávaṇ with his spirit wrought