That struck and shook the Vánar's frame.

Hanúmán's chest was wellnigh crushed,

And from his mouth red torrents gushed:

Yet served one instant to restore

His spirit: from the foe he tore

His awful mace, and smote, and laid

The giant in the dust dismayed.

Crushed were his jaws and teeth and eyes:

Breathless and still he lay as lies

A summit from a mountain rent