I force not Sítá's stubborn will.

Terrific as the sea in might:

My steps are like the Storm-Gods' flight;

But Ráma knows not this, or he

Had never sought to war with me.

Where is the man would idly brave

The lion in his mountain cave,

And wake him when with slumbering eyes

Grim, terrible as Death, he lies?

No, blinded Ráma knows me not: