Lord of a hundred wiles was be;

With might which Gods could never blame

Against the King of Heaven he came.

Then raged the battle wild and dread,

And mortal warriors fought and bled;

The fiends by night with strength renewed

Charged, slew the sleeping multitude.

Thy lord, King Daśaratha, long

Stood fighting with the demon throng,

But long of arm, unmatched in strength,