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The insulted husband, and his power defied; How to revenge the wrong in wrath he hied,  Bridging the sea before his dreadful way,   And met the hundred-headed foe,   And dealt him the unerring blow;By Brama’s hand the righteous lance was given,   And by that arm immortal driven,    It laid the mighty Tyrant low; And Earth and Ocean, and high Heaven,    Rejoiced to see his overthrow.  Oh! doubt not thou, Yedillian cried,   Such fate Kehama will betide;  For there are Gods who look below, . .   Seeva, the Avenger, is not blind,  Nor Veeshnoo careless for mankind.
  Thus was Ladurlad’s soul imbued   With hope and holy fortitude; And Child and Sire, with pious mind   Alike resolv’d, alike resign’d,  Look’d onward to the evil day:Faith was their comfort, Faith their stay; They trusted woe would pass away,
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