{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/rama/ry493.htm","path":"hin/rama/ry493.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/rama/ry493.htm","text":"Then Indra, he whose fiery stroke\n Slew furious P\u00e1ka, turned and spoke:\n 'A glorious day, O chief, is this,\n Rich with the fruit of lasting bliss.\n Well pleased are we: we love thee well\n Now speak, thy secret wishes tell.'\n \n \n Thus spake the sovereign of the sky,\n And this was R\u00e1ma's glad reply:\n 'If I have won your grace, incline\n To grant this one request of mine.\n Restore, O King: the V\u00e1nar dead\n Whose blood for me was nobly shed.\n \n \n To life and strength my friends recall,\n And bring them back from Yama's hall.\n When, fresh in might the warriors rise,\n Prepare a feast to glad their eyes.\n Let fruits of every season glow,\n And streams of purest water flow.'\n \u00a0\u00a0 Thus Raghu's son, great-hearted, prayed,\n And Indra thus his answer made:\n 'High is the boon thou seekest: none\n Should win this grace but Raghu's son.\n Yet, faithful to the word I spake,\n I grant the prayer for thy dear sake.\n The V\u00e1nars whom the giants slew\n Their life and vigour shall renew.\n Their strength repaired, their gashes healed\n Whose torrents dyed the battle field,\n The warrior hosts from death shall rise *\n Like sleepers when their slumber flies.'\n \u00a0\u00a0 Restored from Yama's dark domain\n The V\u00e1nar legions filled the plain,\n And, round the royal chief arrayed,\n With wondering hearts obeisance paid.\n Each God the son of Raghu praised,\n And cried as loud his voice he raised:\n 'Turn, King, to fair Ayodhy\u00e1 speed,\n And leave thy friends of V\u00e1nar breed.\n Thy true devoted consort cheer\n After long days of woe and fear.\n Bharat, thy loyal brother, see,\n A hermit now for love of thee.\n The tears of Queen Kaus'aly\u00e1 dry,\n And light with joy each stepdame's eye;\n Then consecrated king of men\n Make glad each faithful citizen,'\n \u00a0\u00a0 They ceased: and borne on radiant cars\n Sought their bright home amid the stars.","title":"BOOK VI: Canto CXXII.: Indra's Boon.","type":"page"}