{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/rama/ry319.htm","path":"hin/rama/ry319.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/rama/ry319.htm","text":"Away, away the V\u00e1nars\n Like locusts o'er the land outspread.\n To northern realms where rising high\n The King of Mountains cleaves the sky,\n Fierce S'atabal with vast array\n Of V\u00e1nariors led the way.\n Far southward, as his lord decreed,\n Wise Hanum\u00e1n Wind-God's seed,\n With Angad his swift way pursued,\n And T\u00e1ra's warlike multitude,\n Strong Vinata with all his band\n Betook him to the eastern land,\n And brave Sushen in eager quest\n Sped swiftly to the gloomy west.\n Each V\u00e1narftain sought with speed\n The quarter by his king decreed,\n While from his legions rose on high\n The shout and boast and battle cry:\n 'We will restore the dame and beat\n The robber down beneath our feet.\n My arm alone shall win the day\n From R\u00e1vanin single fray,\n Shall rob the robber of his life,\n And rescue R\u00e1ma's captive wife\n All trembling in her fear and woe.\n Here, comrades, rest: no farther go:\n For I will vanquish hell, and she\n Shall by this arm again be free.\n The rooted mountains will I rend,\n The mightiest trees will break and bend.\n Earth to her deep foundations cleave,\n And make the calm sea throb and heave.\n A hundred leagues from steep to steep\n In desperate bound my feet shall leap.\n My steps shall tread unchecked and free.\n Through woods, o'er land and hill and sea,\n Range as they list from flood to fell,\n And wander through the depths of hell.","title":"BOOK IV: Canto XLV.: The Departure.","type":"page"}