Or life that I should care to live,

Unless this arm in mortal fray

The slayer of my brother slay?

For me, of Kumbhakarṇa reft,

Death is the only solace left;

And I will seek, o'erwhelmed with woes,

The realm to which my brother goes.

Ah me ill-minded, not to take

His counsel when Vibhishaṇ spake

When he this evil day foretold