Where Ráma saw with wondering eyes

Indra descended from the skies.

He told how Śúrpaṇakhí came,

Her soul aglow with amorous flame,

And fled repulsed, with rage and tears,

Reft of her nose and severed ears.

He told how Ráma's might subdued

The giants' furious multitude;

How Khara with the troops he led

And Triśirás and Dúshaṇ bled: