The king shall tremble in dismay,

The fire be quenched and Indra slain

Ere ye shall break my rest in vain.”

Yúpáksha answered: “Chieftain, hear;

No God or fiend excites our fear.

But men in arms our walls assail:

We tremble lest their might prevail.

For vengeful Ráma vows to slay

The foe who stole his queen away,

And, matchless for his warlike deeds,