Attempt so bold, so rash a deed.

Remember, I, Vibhishaṇ all

Have sorrowed fearing for thy fall.

O do not—for us all I speak—

These desperate adventures seek.”

“I could not,” cried Sugríva, “brook

Upon the giant king to look,

Nor challenge to the deadly strife

The fiend who robbed thee of thy wife.”

“Now Lakshmaṇ, marshal,” Ráma cried,