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

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And bray liim on the level ground.
Keen arrows and each biting blade
Wide rents in breast and side had made ;
But crushed and torn and mangled, still
The monster lived they could not kill.
When Rama saw no arms might slay
The fiend who like a mountain lay,
The glorious hero, swift to save
In danger, thus his counsel gave
' O Prince of men, his charmed life
No arms may take in battle strife
Now dig we in this grove a pit
His elephantine bulk to fit.
And let the hollowed earth enfold
The monster of gigantic mould.'
This said, the son of Raghii pressed
His foot upon the giant's breast.
With joy the prostrate monster heard
Victorious Rdma's welcome word,
And straight Kakutstha's son, the best
Of men, in» words like these addressed:
* I yield, chieftain, overthrown
By miglit that vies with Indra's own.
Till now my folly-blinded eyes
Thee, hero, failed to recognize.
Happy, Kausalyd ! blest to be
The mother of a son like thee
I know thee well, chieftain, now :
R&ma, the prince of men, art thou.
There stands the high-bom Maithil dame,
There Lakshman, lord of mighty fame.
My name was Tumburu,' for song
' Somewhat JDcoDsiBtently nitb thia part of the story Tumburu u
tnentioned in Book II. Canto XII aa oneof the Gandharvns or heartn-
Jy minstrels summoned to perform at Bharadvaja's feast.