And lifting up (Rāma and Lakşmana) by his might and. prowess, as if they were striplings, that haughty ranger of the night laid them on his shoulders.
स तु स्वबलवीर्येण समुत्क्षिप्य निशाचरः। बालाविव स्कन्धगतौ चकारातिर्बलोद्धतः॥