Ere yet the king's son, for compassing your destruction, shower sure shafts resembling the rays of the autumnal Sun, having shining heads and feathered parts, and exceedingly hard, do you render Maithili to son of Daſaratha.
पुरा शरत्सूर्यमरीचिसंनिभान् नवाग्रपुङ्खान्सुदृढानृपात्मजः। सृजत्यमोघान्विशिखान्वधाय ते प्रदीयतां दाशरथाय मैथिली।॥