With Dwivid to protect the host.

Then Ráma stood by Lakshmaṇ's side,

And mastered by his sorrow cried:

“My brother dear, the heart's distress,

As days wear on, grows less and less.

But my deep-seated grief, alas,

Grows fiercer as the seasons pass.

Though for my queen my spirit longs,

And broods indignant o'er my wrongs,

Still wilder is my grief to know