Canto XLI.Kapil. The father lent a gracious ear And listened to their tale of fear, And kindly to the Gods replied Whom woe and death had terrified: “The wisest Vásudeva,185who The Immortals'foe,fierce Madhu,slew, Regards broad Earth with love and pride And guards,in Kapil's form,his bride.186 His kindled wrath will quickly fall On the king's sons and burn them all. This cleaving of the earth his eye Foresaw in ages long gone by: He knew with prescient soul the fate That Sagar's children should await.” The Three-and-thirty,187freed from fear, Sought their bright homes with hopeful cheer. Still rose the great tempestuous