Canto XIV. Vibhishan's Speech.

He ceased: Vibhishaṇ ill at ease

Addressed the king in words like these:

“O Rávaṇ, O my lord, beware

Of Sítá dangerous as fair,

Nor on thy heedless bosom hang

This serpent with a deadly fang.

O King, the Maithil dame restore

To Raghu's matchless son before

Those warriors of the woodlands, vast