New glory to their heavenly king,[919]

And, ranged about your monarch, ye

Give joy and endless fame to me.

My secret counsel have I kept,

While senseless Kumbhakarṇa slept.

Six months the warrior's slumbers last

And bind his torpid senses fast;

But now his deep repose he breaks,

The best of all our champions wakes.

I captured, Ráma's heart to wring,