O Rāma, Maya knew the curse of the sage touching him.* Knowing this, he gave away his daughter, having regard to the race of Ravana's paternal grand-father; and he also conferred on him an exceedingly wonderful dart acquired through the most rigid austerities, by which he wounded Laksmana. *Respecting his birth.
स हि तस्य मयो राम शापाभिज्ञस्तपोधनात्॥ विदित्वा तेन सा दत्ता तस्य पैतामहं कुलम्। अमोघां तस्य शक्तिं च प्रददौ परमाद्भुताम् ॥ परेण तपसा लब्धां जनिवाँल्लक्ष्मणं यया।