Tributes Must Be Paid From Time To Time

Tributes must be paid from time to time; Half the yield should be given to me. The whole of pepper yield should be handed over Coconut, arecanut, mango, jackfruit: All the trees should be confiscated. There will be no place in my country For the pomp of local barons. Double the seed crop should be given To me by every houseowner. The Tamil Brahmins (Pattars) staying here Should also give one fourth to me. The Nayars who stay at home Should take their bows and spears And stay at the residence of Ravana And do whatever chores are assigned. Nayars who drink toddy Would be beaten up, beware!