And harmless on the plain it dropped.

Then with his furious eyes aglow

The giant rushed upon the foe,

Where, with a woody hill upheaved,

Hanúmán's might his charge received.

Through his vast frame the giant felt

The angry blow Hanúmán dealt.

He reeled a moment, sore distressed,

Then smote the Vánar on the breast,

As when the War-God's furious stroke