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

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CANTO XXVIII.
KHAEA BISMOUNTED.
But when he turned his eye where bled
Both Trisiras and Dushan dead.
Fear o'er the giant's spirit came
Of Rama's might which naught could tame.
He saw his savage legions, those
Whose force no creature dared oppose,
He saw the leader of his train
By Rama's single prowess slain.
With burning grief he marked the few
Still left him of his giant crew.
As Namuchi ' on Indra, so
Rushed the dread demon on his foe.
His mighty bow the monster strained.
And angrily on R^ma rained
His mortal arrows in a flood.
Like serpent fangs athirst for blood.
Skilled in the bowman's warlike art.
He plied the string and poised the dart.
Here, on his car, and there, he rode,
And passages of battle showed.
While all the skyey regions grew
' ' This Asura was a frieud of Indra ; and taking advantage of his
friend's confidence, he drank up Indra's strength along with a draught
of wine and Soma, ludrd then told the Asvins and Sarasvati that
Kamuchihad drunk up his strength. The Asvins in consequence gave
ludra a thunderbolt in the form of a foam, with which he smote oft
the head of Kamuchi.' Gabbeii's Clasiical Dictionary of Indra,
See also Vol. I, p. 132.