To council where the wisest sit.

Presumptuous, wild, devoid of sense,

Filled full of pride and insolence,

Thy reckless tongue thou wilt not rule

That speaks the counsel of a fool.

Who in the fight may brook or shun

The arrows shot by Raghu's son

With flame and fiery vengeance sped,

Dire as his staff who rules the dead?

O Rávaṇ, let thy people live,