THE RÁMÁYAN OF VÁLMÍKI, VOL. III - Gujarat Knowledge Centre

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CANTO XXVI.
DtSHAljrS DEATH.
"When Diishan saw his giant band
Slaughtered by Rdma's .conquering hand,
He called five thousand fiends, and gave
His orders. Bravest of the brave,
Invincible, of furious might.
Ne'er had they turned their backs in flight.
They, as their leader bade them seize
Spears, swords, anfl clubs, and rocks, and trees,
Poured on the dauntless prince again
A ceaseless shower of deadly rain.
The virtuous RAma, undismayed.
Their missiles with his arrows stayed.
And weakened, ere it fell, the shock
Of that dire hail of tree and rock.
And like a bull with eyelids closed,
The pelting of the stprm opposed.
Then blazed his ire : he longed to smite
To earth the rovers of the night. .
The wrath that o'er his spirit came
Clothed him with splendour as of flame.
While showers of piortal darts he poured
Fierce on the giants and their lord.
Dushan, the foeman's dusky dread,
Py frenzied rage inspirited,
On Raghu's son his missiles cast
Like Indra's bolts which rend and blast,
But Rama with a trenchant dart