Bright as Kuvera's pleasure-grounds,

With riches, troops of faithful friends,

And bliss that wedded life attends:

Brave princes trained in warlike skill,

And duteous to their father's will.

At length the monarch called one morn

Prince Bharat, of Kaikeyí born,

And cried: “My son, within our gates

Lord Yudhájit thine uncle waits.

The son of Kekaya's king is he,