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

€anta LI. THE ^JM^tYAK 237
The v-ultiwe's maagled IsQ^y bled.
•One glance upon tbe caa: he ben*
Where SitS, wept with, shrill lament,
'Then heedless of his wounds and paia
Hushed at the ^ant king again.
"Then the brav© valture witb the stroke
Of his resistless talons ^oke
The giant's shafts ^and bow wkereom
The fairest pearls and jewels shone.
The monster .paused, b^ rage unmanned'
A second bow soon artiaed his hand.
Whence pointed -arrows swift and true
In hundreds, yea in thousands, flew.
The monarch of "the vulturesi, pHed
With ceaseless darts on every side,
iShowed Uke a bird 1fhat turns to rest
Olose covered by the biraneh'built nest
He shook his pinions to repel
The storm of arrows as it fell 4
Then with his talons snapped in two
The mighty feow Whieli Eavan drew.
Next with terrific i»ri»g he smote
;So fiercely oai the giant's coat.
The harnesss, glittering with the glow
Of fire, gave way beneath the blow.
With storm of murderous strokes he beat
The harnessed asses strong and fleet,
Each with a goblin's nsianstroae face
And plates of gdd his neck to grace.
Then on the ear he turned his ire,
The will-moved car that shone like jfire,
And broke the glorious chariot, byeke
The golden steps and pole and yoke.
The chouris and the silkes shade