Or borne on pinions seek the sky;

The hand of Ráma shall not spare;

His fiery shaft shall smite thee there.’ ”

He ceased: and Angad bowed his head;

Thence like embodied flame he sped,

And lighted from his airy road

Within the Rákshas king's abode.

There sate, the centre of a ring

Of counsellors, the giant king.

Swift through the circle Angad pressed,