The thunders of my voice of fear.

No second dart shall Ráma cast:

The first he aims shall be the last.

He falls, and these dry lips shall drain

The blood of him my hand has slain;

And Sítá, when her champion dies,

Shall be thine undisputed prize.”

Canto XIII. Rávan's Speech.

But Mahápárśva saw the sting