Thou pratest, and thy words are wild.

Most dear, O Indrajít, to thee

Should Rávaṇ's weal and safety be,

For thou art called his son, but thou

Art proved his direst foeman now,

When warned by me thou hast not tried

To turn the coming woe aside.

Both thee and him 'twere meet to slay,

Who brought thee to this hall to-day,

And dared so rash a youth admit