Though Rákshas born, her grief consoled:

“Dear Queen, thy causeless woe dispel:

Thy husband lives, and all is well.

Look round: in every Vánar face

The light of joyful hope I trace.

Not thus, believe me, shine the eyes

Of warriors when their leader dies.

An Army, when the chief is dead,

Flies from the field dispirited.

Here, undisturbed in firm array,