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1001 7, 10| hate,~Speak, what nameless guilt or folly, secret sin to
1002 12 | which he considers himself guilty, and the great saint Vyasa
1003 9, 3 | the fatal circle with the gulfing surge's moan,~Dauntless
1004 9, 3 | Stain the sacred bed of gurus, steal their gold and holy
1005 9, 2 | darksome cloudy masses angry gusts of storm divide,~Through
1006 8, 1 | Kripa met the wild Kaikeyas hailing from the furthest West,~
1007 1, 8 | he hailed him as a father hails his offspring in his pride,~
1008 12, 5 | monarchs blessed Yudhishthir's hallowed name.~Last of all with many
1009 10, 2 | fertile acres, peaceful hamlets rich and fair,~Dark-eyed
1010 6, 3 | sami's gloomy shade~Corpses hang since many seasons in their
1011 10, 2 | nerveless hand,~Wherefore hangs yon mighty sabre from his
1012 7, 1 | and the unrelenting hate~Harboured by the proud Duryodhan driven
1013 4, 5 | wilderness?~Royal-born, unused to hardship, weak and long unused to
1014 2, 4 | wave,~Pattan's port whose hardy children western ocean's
1015 Epi | Supplement about the Race of Hari.~The modern reader will
1016 6, 1 | deeds of matchless might,~Harness quick thy milk-white coursers
1017 9, 4 | the noble coursers Krishna harnessed to the car,~And the gleaming
1018 8, 8 | the price we pay!~Woe unto Hastiria's empire built upon our
1019 10, 4 | wrath,~"Boy to manhood ever hating we have crossed each other'
1020 6, 1 | fattened cattle like the hawk upon its prey!~Bhishma,
1021 11, 2 | car-borne chiefs untimely slain,~Headless trunks and heads dissevered
1022 9, 4 | feeble, red with gore,~With a healing hand he tended wounds the
1023 5, 4 | and vigils sure thy tender health may fail,"~"Be not anxious,
1024 10, 2 | Yudhishthir's fatal fall,~Heaping insults on Draupadi in Hastina'
1025 End | by Sir Edwin Arnold. On hearing of the death of their friend
1026 7, 6 | upon the red field lie,~Hearken unto Krishna's counsel,
1027 8, 3 | our leader linger when he hears the battle cry?~Doth a secret
1028 Epi | by turns, all knaves are heartless and cruel and suffer in
1029 3, 7 | shelter shading them from heat around,~Like the blue sky
1030 10, 2 | bow-string strained and heated was by sudden impulse broke!~"
1031 11, 5 | mighty warrior, mortal man of heavcnly birth,~Crushing 'neath his
1032 1, 4 | happy Pritha bore,~Mark! the heir of INDRA'S valour, matchless
1033 2 | late Pandu, was recognised heir-apparent, the anger of Duryodhan
1034 9, 3 | live within the deepest hell--~With the men who slay their
1035 3, 2 | May your kindness ever helpful poor Yudhishthir's rite
1036 7, 5 | as thine own,~'Twas thy helping steadying fingers taught
1037 9, 1 | as rivals face to face,~Hempen fastening bound their maces
1038 11, 1 | fulfil my life's last wishes! Henchmen, yoke my royal car,~Dhrita-rashtra
1039 6 | to drive off the numerous herd of fine cattle for which
1040 5, 2 | country, in the court and hermit's den,~Sacrificer to the
1041 7, 5 | heroes guard their ancient hero-king,~Dhrita-rashtra's lofty
1042 3, 2 | rested on the turrets high,~Hero-monarchs, holy Brahmans, filled the
1043 10, 3 | course,~"Brothers, kinsmen, hero-warriors," so the good Yudhishthir
1044 Epi | heroic mould; all love-sick heroines suffer in silence and burn
1045 | hers
1046 | herself
1047 6, 2 | Yudhishthir's queen."~Heard Uttara hesitating, spake his faint and timid
1048 Epi | will be placed without hesitation by the side of Homer by
1049 3, 7 | his kinsmen duteously his hest obey,~With each parting
1050 11, 3 | monarch! nations still his hests obeyed,~As a lion slays
1051 Epi | reader can stand; and the heterogeneous nature of its contents does
1052 Epi | Their inquiries into the hidden truths of religion, embalmed
1053 10, 2 | his who points out Arjun hiding from this fatal war,~Arjun'
1054 3, 7 | mother, pious-hearted Krishna hies,~And in accents love-inspiring
1055 4, 3 | eye,~Sought to hold the high-born princess as his slave upon
1056 1, 8 | words unkind~"Wilt thou, high-descended hero, with a Kuru cross
1057 4, 4 | stout of heart!"~"Be it so, high-destined princess ancient Dhrita-rashtra
1058 3, 7 | ward way.~Arjun wends with high-souled Drupad, famed for loftywarlike
1059 9, 4 | princes vainly led their highland force,~Fell beneath the
1060 3 | in Thibet and among the hill-tribes of the Himalayas, but it
1061 12, 2 | splendour and in joy,~Rice in hillocks feeds all comers, maid and
1062 6, 3 | shape of toad is on the hilt,~On the blade a toad is
1063 3, 7 | Thus removed the hapless hindrance, now the holy sacrifice~
1064 8, 10| fated nations live.~Grant his- kingdom to Yudhishthir righteous
1065 8, 3 | anger and a tremor moved hisframe~As he spake to ancient Bhishma
1066 Epi | civilisation is a matter of history. Their inquiries into the
1067 12, 5 | the priests and Brahmans hoard,~Be it thine to rule thy
1068 4 | fatal game. His wealth and hoarded gold and jewels, his steeds,
1069 11, 1 | childless dame,~And they saw the hoary monarch, father of a perished
1070 Epi | Taylor, the philosophy of Hobbes and Locke, the commentaries
1071 3, 5 | Kripa priest of royal Kurus, holiest of all priests is here!~
1072 10, 2 | upon his fated prey,~As the homéd bull infuriate doth the
1073 Epi | but a plain, simple, and homely narrative. For any artistic
1074 Epi | warrior and conqueror; and the Homeric speeches of the warriors
1075 Epi | If the religious works of Hooker and Jeremy Taylor, the philosophy
1076 8, 10| death-compelling Bhishma hopeless in this arduous strife!~
1077 9, 1 | seasoned wood,~And like hornéd bulls infuriate Madra's
1078 6, 3 | mark them all suspended, horrent, in the open air,~And to
1079 8, 9 | and darkness closed the horrors of the war!~
1080 10, 3 | of Madra. leads our arméd hosts to-day,~Or to perish or
1081 5, 5 | lore,~Then to live as good householders, feed the hungry at our
1082 4, 5 | faithful brothers must as houseless exiles roam,~Rarting blessings
1083 6, 6 | song,~Glories of heroic houses minstrels by their lays
1084 8, 2 | the eastern monarch on his howda's lofty seat,~Till upon
1085 | however
1086 11, 2 | plain,~And the long-drawn howl of jackals o'er the scene
1087 11, 2 | steps they rove,~Mothers hug their slaughtered children
1088 11, 3 | Duryodhan's widow, how she hugs his gory head,~How with
1089 12, 1 | wending to the holy rite,~Humbler dwellings rose for Brahmans,
1090 1, 9 | Proudest chief may fight the humblest, for like river's noble
1091 10, 2 | gallant Karna leaped upon the humid soil,~Sought to lift the
1092 5 | cousins to exile, wished to humiliate them still more by appearing
1093 Epi | familiar in the original, to hundreds of thousands he is known
1094 12, 3 | Bounty waits on squalid hunger, gifts dispel the suppliant'
1095 8, 1 | famed in arms and holy lore,~Hurling down Kosala's standard he
1096 1, 6 | to duty, with an anxious hurry came,~Sandal-drops and sprinkled
1097 8, 2 | prince's shattered mail,~Hurtling on his battle chariot like
1098 3, 2 | graced the noble sacrifice,~Ida, ajya, homa offerings, pleased
1099 9, 3 | kingdom from Yudhishthir by ignoble trick of dice,~Didst thou
1100 Epi | high or low, educated or ignorant, whose earliest recollections
1101 4, 5 | Greater than the son of Ila, than the kings of earth
1102 5, 3 | twelve-month later, this ill-fated prince win die!"~Shook the
1103 Epi | great Epics. The almost illiterate oil-manufacturer or confectioner
1104 6, 3 | with their heads by gold illumed!~Listen more, if of these
1105 5, 2 | waist and rounded bosom, image as of burnished gold,~Deva-Kanya!
1106 Epi | Subhadra,--these are distinct images pencilled by the hand of
1107 Epi | without such reproduction or imitation of the musical movement
1108 12, 4 | HORSE~Birds and beasts were immolated for the sacrificial food,~
1109 1, 9 | Amorous gods your birth imparted, so they say, in days of
1110 1, 6 | green!"~Drona. gave the word impartial, wrathful Arjun, dread of
1111 Epi | lofty standpoint, and judge impartially of the wares turned out
1112 Epi | know no better theme for imparting wisdom and instruction to
1113 2, 4 | longing languor and with love -impassioned heart!~Bright Immortals
1114 8 | obligations is his most important work."~Duryodhan chose the
1115 Epi | that it was perhaps not impossible to exhume this buried Epic
1116 Epi | characters of the Maha-bharata impress themselves on the reader,
1117 Epi | this venerable old Epic impresses itself on the mind of the
1118 Epi | shifting stage is a perfect and impressive picture. The tournament
1119 Epi | style of narration, or to improve on the style of the original
1120 Epi | all fools are shrewd and impudent by turns, all knaves are
1121 Epi | translation is the most inaccurate." "Prose," says Mr. Stopford
1122 8, 4 | was the luckless moment, inauspicious was the day,~Licked his
1123 4, 6 | virtue, clad in native, inborn might?~Woe to me, from rocky
1124 3, 3 | All these kings were god incarnate, portions of Celestial Light,~
1125 3, 2 | diksha, and to holy work inclined,~To his friends and to his
1126 Epi | stages of the human life were included for the same purpose. All
1127 Epi | the original with almost inconceivable prolixity and endless repetition;
1128 Epi | the interest of the reader increases as he approaches the final
1129 5, 2 | As the moon each night increaseth chasing darksome nightly
1130 Epi | each hero has a distinct individuality, a character of his own,
1131 3 | of Pandu, and now king of Indra-prastlia, resolved to perform the
1132 11, 4 | chief,~Spake to faithful Indrasena, and to warriors sunk in
1133 2 | The sons of Pandu were induced with their mother to pay
1134 Epi | and I can only ask for the indulgence of the reader, which every
1135 5 | Jayadratha, king of the Sindhu or Indus country, and a friend and
1136 2 | residence, constructed of inflammable materials. At the appointed
1137 8 | Bhishma held his own and inflicted serious loss on Yudhishthir'
1138 Epi | except the Bible has such influence in affording moral instruction
1139 2, 1 | honour doth her gentle soul inform,~And her brother, mailed
1140 12, 4 | by rishis spoke,~Piously inhaled the fragrance and the sin-destroying
1141 3 | them from their rightful inheritance. The Kuru kingdom was accordingly
1142 9, 4 | darkening load of woe,~And an injured father's vengeance seeks
1143 6 | Brihannala, and taught the inmates of the royal household in
1144 6 | corpses to frighten away inquisitive travellers, throws some
1145 12 | writers laboured therefore to insert in the Epic itself their
1146 6, 1 | the royal city went,~Came inside the city portals, came within
1147 3, 6 | wedded wife and consort did inspire my youthful flame?~Doth
1148 Epi | The poetry of Kalidisa for instance, is ornate. and beautiful,
1149 6, 4 | warriors urging speed and instant fight:~"Mark ye, chieftains,
1150 3, 7 | station doth a holier grace instil,~And thy royal grace and
1151 10, 2 | Heedless, with a warrior's instinct drew the dark and glistening
1152 3 | prohibited in their laws and institutes, and finds no sanction in
1153 4, 1 | Du4sasan spake the message, insult-rife:~Lotus-eyed Panchala-princess!
1154 4, 4 | s virtuous daughter thus insulted and reviled,~Hast thou courted
1155 5 | other legends have been inter woven in the account of
1156 5, 6 | s right arm doth sweetly interlace,~Thus they walked the darksome
1157 3, 2 | garlands were harmonious interlaced!~Far below from spacious
1158 5, 4 | his basket fill,~Hewed the interlacéd branches with his might
1159 End | drinking, and fall a prey to internal dissensions. Valadeva and
1160 Epi | in the old record of the international war; every preacher of a
1161 Epi | Northern India was anxious to interpolate some account of its deeds
1162 12 | unmistakable evidence of the interpolating hand of later priestly writers.
1163 12 | or comparatively recent interpolation. The great and venerable
1164 Epi | centuries; further additions and interpolations have been made; and the
1165 9, 1 | Arjun's son his weapon drew,~Interposing 'twixt the fighters Bhima'
1166 Epi | who is endeavouring to interpret to modern Englishmen the
1167 Epi | they are to the present day interwoven with the thoughts and beliefs
1168 End | before Yudhishthir, and introduces him to others who were dear
1169 6 | came that the Kurus had invaded the kingdom, there was no
1170 12 | rules these episodes are invaluable; but they form no part of
1171 Epi | principal actors, and, as is invariably the case in India, the thread
1172 6, 6 | chiefs and monarchs kindly invitations sent,~In the town of Upa-plavya,
1173 5 | expected, and he became involved in a quarrel with some gandharvas,
1174 11, 5 | Yudhishthir to his mother thus his inward feelings spake:~Didst thou,
1175 8, 10| loved and lost,~Vainly fight iny faithful brothers by a luckless
1176 2, 7 | suitors, tiger-hearted, iron-handed, bold and strong'~Fiereely
1177 End | and the Andbakas become irreligious and addicted to drinking,
1178 2, 6 | their deerskins, but each irritated chief~In a lowly muttered
1179 2, 6 | went,~To the God of Gods, ISANA, in a silent prayer he bent,~
1180 8, 9 | drew his breath,~Wept the issue of the battle and his warlike
1181 Epi | Homer in Greece or Virgil in Italy, not Shakespeare or Milton
1182 9, 2 | did young Sahadeva rein,~Ivory-white Yudhishthir's coursers with
1183 9, 4 | tree,~Krishna groomed the jaded horses, faint and feeble,
1184 12, 2 | bounteous feast,~Nations of the Jambu-dwipa share it, greatest and the
1185 12 | Suka, of Yajnavalkya and Janaka, of Narada and Nairayana.
1186 1, 7 | treasure, golden coin and water jar,~On the throne they seated
1187 2, 1 | lotus-petal, sweet her tender jasmine form,~And a maiden's stainless
1188 6, 6 | deep-bosomed dames of Matsya, jasmine-form and lotus-face,~With their
1189 1, 4 | wide-extending field,~In its jaws five glist'ning arrows sent
1190 11, 3 | fate,~Yato dharma stato jayah! Triumph doth on Virtue
1191 2 | Bride's Choice)~THE mutual jealousies of the princes increased
1192 3, 6 | spake with bitter taunt and jeer,~Answered Krishna's lofty
1193 Epi | religious works of Hooker and Jeremy Taylor, the philosophy of
1194 7, 10| ancient Bhishma, Drona bold,~Join thee in this bitter hatred,
1195 5, 2 | the royal hall,~From her journeys near and distant and from
1196 Epi | a lofty standpoint, and judge impartially of the wares
1197 3 | traditions and literature.~Judging from the main incidents
1198 9, 5 | relentless feud,~Fiercely like a jungle-tiger fell upon the hostile brood,~
1199 10, 2 | Krishna asked in right and justice for Yudhishthir's empire
1200 8, 1 | pressed,~Kripa met the wild Kaikeyas hailing from the furthest
1201 Epi | Sanscrit poptry. The poetry of Kalidisa for instance, is ornate.
1202 9, 4 | war,~Angas and the brave Kalingas vainly crossed his wrathful
1203 4, 5 | fire thy bosorn by the dark Kalmashi's wave!~Now once more the
1204 8, 1 | afar,~Bhojas and the fierce Kambojas mingled in the dubious war!~
1205 2, 4 | sons of Panda smitten by KANDARPA'S dart,~Looked on her with
1206 11, 2 | earth from west to east,~Kankas perch upon their foreheads,
1207 2 | in the vicinity of modern Kanouj. All the monarchs of Northern
1208 3, 5 | priests is here!~Archer Karna--braver archer none there
1209 10 | BOOK X - KARNA-BADHA~(Fall of Karna)~KARNA was
1210 Epi | proud and peerless archer Karna-have each a distinct character
1211 Epi | princes in which Arjun and Karna-the Achilles and Hector of the
1212 6, 6 | royal guest.~Came unto them Kasi's monarch and his arméd
1213 8, 1 | hostile ranks of war,~Matsyas, Kasis, nor Panchalas faced the
1214 Epi | tractarian writings of Newman, Keble, and Pusey, were all thrown
1215 11, 5 | and pain!~But a wave of keener sorrow swept o'er Pritha'
1216 6 | dancing. Nakula became a keeper of the king's horses, and
1217 3 | this assumption would be in keeping with Hindu customs and laws,
1218 6, 3 | In the cowhide Sahadeva keeps his shining scimitar!"~"
1219 4, 1 | came to proud Draupadi's ken.~Pardon, Empress," quoth
1220 7, 1 | s palace stayed,~He hath kepthis plighted promise, braved
1221 12, 3 | vilwa timber, six of hard khadira wood,~Six of seasoned sarvavarnin,
1222 6, 2 | And when Arjun conquered Khandav, this, Uttara, I have seen,~
1223 12, 3 | tripped along,~Kinnaras and Kim-purushas mingled in the holy rite,~
1224 10, 2 | Abhimanyu's sad remembrance kindled fresh a father's ire!~And
1225 3, 7 | closed the feasting with his kindliness and grace.~Brahmans sprinkled
1226 7, 8 | long and far,~Friendless, kinless, on this wide earth whither
1227 12, 3 | greensward tripped along,~Kinnaras and Kim-purushas mingled
1228 End | his sons and grandsons and kins men, clad and armed as they
1229 5, 4 | him in her beating bosom, kissed his lips with panting breath,~
1230 7, 5 | nations, slaughter not thy kith and kin,~Mark not, king,
1231 Epi | and impudent by turns, all knaves are heartless and cruel
1232 2, 5 | might,~Faltering, on his knees descending, fell in sad
1233 4, 2 | prowess, warlike worth and knightly fame,~Wherefore else do
1234 6, 5 | call!~I have trained her kokil accents, taught her maiden
1235 10, 3 | bosom bled:~"Leaderless are Koru's forces by a dire misfortune
1236 2, 8 | KRISHNA TO THE RESCUE~Kri.shnaknew thesons of Pandu
1237 3, 7 | from Arjun's wife Sabhadra. Krishina's sister ever dear,~Then
1238 Epi | complexion of the times, and Krishna-cult is its dominating religious
1239 Epi | this wonderful Epic; and as Krishna-worship became the prevailing religion
1240 5 | a Brahman who killed the Kshatriyas of the earth; of Bhagiratha
1241 4, 2 | right arm watch this deed of Kum's shame?~
1242 2, 2 | the holy rite,~Came the Kuras with brave Karna in their
1243 4, 3 | And the ancient hall of Kurns with his thunder accents
1244 7, 5 | spotless virtue, in the Kuru-elders dwell,~Father of the noble
1245 2, 4 | brothers, princes of the Kuruland,~Karna proud and peerless
1246 4, 5 | conquest of thy mind,~Good KUVERA teach thee kindness, hungry
1247 4, 5 | is ordained to serve your kveal,~Is a trial and samadhi,
1248 5, 3 | day, a twelve-month later,l eaves the prince his mortal
1249 5, 4 | Thou art all unused to labour, forest paths thou may'st
1250 12 | generations of Brahmanical writers laboured therefore to insert in the
1251 6, 6 | Brahman, bullocks to the labouring swain,~Steeds he gave unto
1252 2, 2 | golden nets the windows laced,~Spacious stairs so wide
1253 11, 4 | kinsmen slain,~None shall lack a fitting funeral, none
1254 11, 1 | tear,~Now by common sorrow laden knew no sister's words of
1255 5, 6 | prince upon his wife,~"Have I lain too long and slumbered,
1256 11, 4 | care,~Hymns and wails and lamentations mingled in the midnight
1257 6, 1 | of the Kurus' outrage and lamented Matsya's shame:~Sixty thousand
1258 1, 9 | evening sky~And the red lamp's fitful lustre shone upon
1259 9, 3 | hero as he made a ghastly lane!~Proud Duryodhan rushed
1260 Epi | Homer by Messrs. Butcher and Lang often led me to think that
1261 12 | popular with the nation at large than dry codes of law and
1262 8, 1 | Through the day the battle lasted, and no mortal tongue can
1263 11, 5 | sealike stream~Maid and matron lave their bodies 'neath the
1264 3, 2 | s dark and limpid waters laved Yudhishthir's palace walls~
1265 12, 3 | the structure, four deep layers of brick in height,~With
1266 10, 3 | and his manly bosom bled:~"Leaderless are Koru's forces by a dire
1267 6, 3 | lighted, climbed the dark and leafy tree,~Arjun from the prince'
1268 9, 1 | faint and captive chief,~Leaping from his car of battle wrathful
1269 9, 5 | to son still unforgotten. leaps the hate from death to life,~
1270 3, 5 | there is of mortal birth~Learnt his arms from Par'su Rama,
1271 Epi | inculcated. Passages from legal and moral codes were incorporated
1272 Epi | been obliterated by age, legendary heroes had become the principal
1273 Epi | Maha-bharata to while away his leisure hour. The tall and stalwart
1274 Epi | interspersed in the midst of more lengthy episodes. The more carefully
1275 1, 2 | hit the target with arrows lettered with their royal name,~With
1276 8, 4 | inauspicious was the day,~Licked his mouth the vengeful Bhima,
1277 9, 5 | and thy lips have never lied,~Speak of valiant Aswa-thaman,
1278 11, 2 | weapons,--do they still the life-pulse feel?"~
1279 11, 1 | sorrow-stricken, dark his ebbing life-tide runs:~"Gods fulfil my life'
1280 5, 2 | oblations gave,~Through the lifelong day he fasted, uncomplaining,
1281 10, 2 | the humid soil,~Sought to lift the sunken axle with a hard
1282 3, 2 | the peaks of famed Kailasa lifting proud their snowy height!~
1283 9, 4 | Speaking thus the arméd Arjun lightly leaped upon the lea,~Stood
1284 10, 2 | his battle-car,~Drives the lightning-wingéd coursers o'er the startled
1285 3, 6 | torrents, quick the lurid lightnings fly,~And the wide earth
1286 2, 3 | ancient priest of lunar race,~Lights the Fire, with pious offerings
1287 6 | Section xliv., and Sections liii. and lxxii. of Book iv.
1288 | likely
1289 Epi | eighty-five thousand. But the limit so fixed has been exceeded
1290 Epi | experience, was extremely limited, and when life was singularly
1291 3, 2 | and with trees umbrageous lined,~Honoured thus, the mighty
1292 5, 2 | But a strain of sadness lingered, for no suitor claimed her
1293 Epi | that these translations, linked together by short connecting
1294 Epi | his own language, but by linking together those passages
1295 2, 2 | mighty-arméd, rich in fame,~Lion-monarchs, noble-destined, chiefs
1296 3, 2 | sunlight, sailed across the liquid sky,~And their gleaming
1297 7, 5 | accents taught their lips to lisp each name,~As thine own
1298 12, 1 | from the grove and forest lisping BRAHMA'S holy name,~Famed
1299 9, 3 | bosom smote the weeping listener's ear!~Moments passed; with
1300 11, 1 | from their snowy mountains listless stray the dappled deer,~
1301 5, 2 | unto thee I bring,~For HE lists to mortal's prayer springing
1302 Epi | Europe wish to know; and a literal prose translation therefore
1303 Epi | critics who survey the world's literatures from a lofty standpoint,
1304 4, 1 | his angry mandate told:~"Little-minded is the menial, and his heart
1305 5, 6 | and jungle pass we now the livelong night,~Wife beloved, I may
1306 Epi | philosophy of Hobbes and Locke, the commentaries of Blackstone
1307 1, 1 | and garlands, white the locks that crowned his head,~With
1308 6, 4 | his shafts like countless locusts whistled through the ambient
1309 7, 7 | Jamadagni owned no greater loftier might,~Breathes on earth
1310 3, 7 | high-souled Drupad, famed for loftywarlike grace,~Dhrishta-dyumna with
1311 1, 3 | accoutred with their girded loins they stood,~Like two untamed
1312 9, 4 | wildfire shooting forth its lolling tongue,~On the startled
1313 8, 4 | bow and lance,~As the lion lolls his red tongue when he see
1314 Epi | DUTT.~UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON,~ 13th August 1893~ ~
1315 11, 2 | and ghastly plain,~And the long-drawn howl of jackals o'er the
1316 9, 3 | fill my bosom, wake the long-forgotten sigh,~Wherefore voice of
1317 2, 2 | pride of Kuru's race,~Drupad longed to give his daughter peerless
1318 4, 2 | II - DRAUPADI'S PLAINT~Loose-attired, with trailing tresses,
1319 10, 3 | and sapless wood,~Kuru's lordless, lifeless forces shall be
1320 8, 10| and their might,~Krishna, loth is archer Arjun to pursue
1321 5, 2 | season came a girl with lotus-eye,~Father's hope and joy of
1322 4, 1 | the message, insult-rife:~Lotus-eyed Panchala-princess! fairly
1323 3, 3 | of the upper sky,~And in lotus-eyéd Krishna saw the Highest
1324 6, 6 | Matsya, jasmine-form and lotus-face,~With their pearls and golden
1325 2, 1 | wed!~Soft her eyes like lotus-petal, sweet her tender jasmine
1326 3, 7 | Krishna hies,~And in accents love-inspiring thus to ancient Pritha cries:~"
1327 Epi | the same heroic mould; all love-sick heroines suffer in silence
1328 5, 2 | love,~Came with youth its lovelier graces, as the buds their
1329 7, 1 | throbbed with pleasure, lovelit glances sparkled bright,~
1330 Epi | that is fresh and sweet and lovely in later Sanscrit poetry,
1331 4, 3 | Thou art free with truer lover to enjoy a wedded life,~
1332 5, 5 | appear,~But his days and loves are ended, and he leaves
1333 1, 6 | of foes,~Parted from his lovina brothers, in his glist'ning
1334 3, 7 | duteous brothers thus in loving-kindness said:~"To our feast these
1335 8, 10| him father, hung upon him lovingly,~Perish conquest dearly
1336 3, 6 | Sisupala hath aspired,~As the low-born seeks the Veda, soiling
1337 End | beings, went for thee to lower earth,~Borne by Drupad's
1338 9, 3 | battle-plain!~Next Duhsasan darkly lowering thundered with his bended
1339 6, 4 | the dead,~And the rescued lowing cattle with their tails
1340 2, 3 | mantra, ancient priest of lunar race,~Lights the Fire, with
1341 6, 3 | weapons, cased like corpses, lurk within its gloomy shade,~
1342 10, 1 | Kindness for his pupil Arjun lurked within the teacher's heart!~
1343 2, 4 | lotus, like the fire that lurks unseen,~And he knew the
1344 12, 1 | barley and with milk and luscious cane~Greeted tall and warlike
1345 4, 3 | peerless woman cast his wicked lustful eye,~Sought to hold the
1346 4 | and the whole of Sections lxix., lxxvi., and lxxvii. of
1347 4 | exiles.~Portions of Section lxv. and the whole of Sections
1348 6 | and Sections liii. and lxxii. of Book iv. of the original
1349 4 | whole of Sections lxix., lxxvi., and lxxvii. of Book ii.
1350 4 | Sections lxix., lxxvi., and lxxvii. of Book ii. of the original
1351 12 | of Sections lxxxviii. and lxxxix. of Book xiv. of the original
1352 12 | this Book forms Sections lxxxv. And parts of Sections lxxxviii.
1353 12 | lxxxv. And parts of Sections lxxxviii. and lxxxix. of Book xiv.
1354 2, 4 | gorgeous field they gather by a maddening passion fired,~And they
1355 3, 1 | Western Sea,~And the lords of Madhya-desa, ever warlike ever free!~
1356 Epi | The people of Bombay and Madras cherish with equal ardour
1357 4, 6 | high,~Happy too is faithful Madri, for she trod the virtuous
1358 Epi | verse; the poetry of the Maha-bharara is plain and unpolished,
1359 5, 3 | youthful prince's head,~Like MAHENDRA in his prowess, and in patience
1360 8, 1 | rolling rock,~Elephants by mahuts driven furiously each other
1361 2, 1 | inform,~And her brother, mailed and arméd with his bow and
1362 Epi | other, the Ramayana, relates mainly to the adventures of its
1363 2, 7 | Drupad we the righteous laws maintain,~Such disgrace in future
1364 4 | elephants and cars, his slaves male and female, his empire and
1365 8, 10| Avanti's regions, chiefs from Malwa's rocky strand,~Jayadratha
1366 9, 1 | bowed,~And in clear and manful accents spake his warlike
1367 8, 10| white tusks broken and with mangled bodies lay!~Arjun and the
1368 10, 4 | shame and wrath,~"Boy to manhood ever hating we have crossed
1369 5 | the skies to the earth; of Mann and the universal deluge;
1370 6 | came to the rescue in the manner described in this Book.
1371 3, 3 | None of impure life and manners stained Yudhishthir's sacred
1372 12 | Bbrigu and Bharadwaja, of Manu and Brihaspati, of Vyasa
1373 6 | some light on the arts and manufacture of ancient times. The portions
1374 12, 4 | righteous monarch and the many-nationed throng!~
1375 3, 2 | steps led up to chambers many-tinted-carpet-graced,~And festooning fragrant
1376 11, 1 | sudden panic, milk-white mares that scour the plain,~Wildly
1377 11, 5 | survivors on the river's margin spread,~Far along the shore
1378 5, 1 | legends of our ancient sires.~Markandeya, holy rishi, once unto Yudhishthir
1379 2, 5 | one by one the suitors, marking still the distant aim,~Alighty
1380 3 | war later on. Arjun too married the sister of Krishna, shortly
1381 1, 1 | high,~So the Moon with Mars conjoinéd walks upon the
1382 8, 10| lordly tusker tramples on a marsh of feeble reeds,~As a forest
1383 10, 1 | unforgotten hate!~Lead us as the martial SKANDA led the conquering
1384 9, 2 | But as darksome cloudy masses angry gusts of storm divide,~
1385 7, 10| yield,~So the ancient sage Matanga of the warlike Kshatra.
1386 5, 3 | blemish, wherefore is this match forbid?"~"Fatal fault!"
1387 2, 8 | midst the great,~Mark his mate, with tree uprooted how
1388 3 | Yudhishthir. Bhima had already mated himself to a female in a
1389 2 | constructed of inflammable materials. At the appointed time fire
1390 Epi | science, and specially in mathematics, are the heritage of the
1391 10, 3 | penance, so our ancient matrons say,~In our blood to wash
1392 Epi | Pandavs; the cattle-lifting in Matsyaland in which the gallant Arjun
1393 5 | regal power and splendour. Matters how ever turned out differently
1394 Epi | to me to be a very sound maxim. And one of my greatest
1395 | maybe
1396 End | was known upon the earth!~Mdst the Sadhyas and the Maruts, '
1397 1, 1 | Clear of jungle was the meadow, by a crystal fountain graced,~
1398 3, 2 | Graceful walls that swept the meadows circled round the royal
1399 8, 10| conquest dearly purchased by a mean deceitful strife,~Perish
1400 Epi | but the task was by no means an easy one. Leaving out
1401 | meantime
1402 11, 2 | Swords and bows of ample measure, quivers still with arrows
1403 3, 3 | graced the inner sacred site!~Measureless their fame and virtue, great
1404 12, 1 | his fitting place.~Skilled mechanics, cunning artists, raised
1405 12 | performance of the aswa medha, or the Sacrifice of the
1406 Epi | the centres of legends in mediæval Europe. And then, probably
1407 8 | principles of Duty in that memorable work called the Bhagavat-gita
1408 5, 1 | was sorrow-laden with the memories of his shame,~"Pardon, father! "
1409 3, 6 | Answered Krishna's lofty menace with disdain and cruel sneer:~"
1410 10, 2 | darksome wood,~With his mended warlike weapon now the angry
1411 10, 2 | brave Karna, until Arjun mends his over-strainéd bow,~Arjun
1412 4, 1 | Live among our household menials, serve us as our willing
1413 3, 6 | One more tale of sin I mention: by his impious passion
1414 10, 2 | and pale,~As from sun's meridian splendour clouds are drifted
1415 6, 6 | bridal day,~Matsya maids were merry-hearted, Pandu's sons were bright
1416 7, 4 | Panchala's Brahmans sent with messages of peace,~Vainly urged the
1417 7, 1 | haughty purpose seek by messenger to know?~Should he send
1418 12, 1 | bless Yudhishthir's name.~Messengers with kindly greetings went
1419 Epi | the Odyssey of Homer by Messrs. Butcher and Lang often
1420 9, 4 | Peacock made of precious metal, decked with jewels rich
1421 3, 2 | Richly graced with precious metals shone the turrets bright
1422 Epi | possible. Even the similes and metaphors and figures of speech are
1423 Epi | incidents of the Epic.~From this method I have been compelled to
1424 Epi | couplets, according to this metrical preface, is about eighty-five
1425 12, 3 | breed and colour, steeds of mettle true and tried,~Other creatures,
1426 9, 1 | sword-blade snapping in the midway broke!~Weaponless the king
1427 1, 3 | parting of the billows, mighty-heaving, tempest-driven!~Came forth
1428 2, 1 | in sastra, pious-hearted, mighty-souled,~Handsome youths and noble
1429 7, 4 | his pride lie deems our mildness faint and feeble-hearted
1430 3, 2 | monarchs lived in mansions milky white,~Like the peaks of
1431 Epi | Italy, not Shakespeare or Milton in English-speaking lands,
1432 8, 8 | Krishna, for a kingdom mingle in this fatal fray,~Kinsmen
1433 6, 2 | sister, she will bid the minion speed,~And he wins thy father'
1434 3, 1 | Ancient halls of proud Hastina mirrored bright on Ganga's wave!~
1435 Epi | undiscoverable source, and mirrors the temples and the palaces
1436 7, 1 | I - KRISHNA'S SPEECH~Mirth and song and nuptial music
1437 Epi | and traditions.~When the mischief had been done, and the Epic
1438 5 | king, chastised him for his misconduct, and rescued Draupadi.~Still
1439 4, 4 | for blessing, be my son's misdeed forgiven!"~Answered him
1440 1, 9 | warrior on the earth,~Half misdoubted Arjun's prowess, Arjun's,
1441 5, 4 | the gods be made."~Much misdoubting then the monarch gave his
1442 11, 3 | sorrow-stricken husband, who can his misfortunes tell!~Ay! my son was brave
1443 5, 6 | beloved, I may not fathom what mishap or load of care,~Unknown
1444 3, 6 | sinners, disc that never missed its aim,~"Monarchs in this
1445 Epi | his own which can not be mistaken for a moment. The good and
1446 2, 2 | sons in guise of Brahmans mix with Brahmans versed in
1447 10, 3 | the fatal battle, for the Mlechcha king was slain,~Pierced
1448 3, 1 | With him came untutored Mlechchas who beside the ocean dwell,~
1449 9, 3 | with the gulfing surge's moan,~Dauntless with the seven
1450 2, 2 | builders built around,~And by moat and wall surrounded, pierced
1451 4, 1 | of insult still Duhsasan mocked her woo:~"Loosely clad or
1452 8 | this fabulous number to the moderate figure of ten thousand,
1453 12, 2 | creature, insects that from moisture spring,~Denizens of cave
1454 5, 1 | humble daily food,~In the mom she swept the cottage, lit
1455 8, 7 | sounding car,~And before his monkey banner quailed the faint
1456 5, 2 | fondest dreams.~Many days and months are over, and it once did
1457 10, 2 | Karna drove in f urious mood,~Facing him in royal splendour
1458 10, 3 | misfortune crost,~Like the moonless shades of midnight in their
1459 Epi | and an attraction; and the morals inculcated in these tales
1460 Epi | but lost in an unending morass of religious and didactic
1461 5, 6 | evening waxeth late,~When the morrow's light returneth I shall
1462 Epi | much in the same heroic mould; all love-sick heroines
1463 9, 1 | the lightning on the solid mountain-rock,~Bhima nor the fearless
1464 9, 3 | the distant plain,~Like a mountain-shaking tempest spent in force and
1465 12, 3 | and lowly, mercy wipes the mourner's tear,~Tender care relieves
1466 8, 4 | was the day,~Licked his mouth the vengeful Bhima, and
1467 12, 1 | steeds with flowing mane.~Munis from their hermitages to
1468 9, 3 | frame,~Abhimanyu's cruel murder smote the father's heart
1469 10, 2 | breath,~Vengeance for his murdered hero winged the fatal dart
1470 2, 6 | strangely anxious, whispered murmurs spake their fear:~"Wondrous
1471 1, 5 | Lion-like in build and muscle, stately as a golden palm,~
1472 5, 4 | watched the creeping sunbeams, mused upon. her fated lord!~"Daughter,
1473 Epi | world, and now beautify the museums of modern Europe. For years
1474 6, 1 | Vina speaketh music, by musicians tuned aright,~Let thy sounding
1475 3, 6 | they stand in hushed amaze,~Mutely in those speechless moments
1476 8, 10| wild and onward way,~And as myriad white-winged sea-birds swoop
1477 | myself
1478 8, 8 | Iravat son of Arjun, whom a Naga, princess bore!~Mounted
1479 12 | and Janaka, of Narada and Nairayana. He explains Sankhya philosophy
1480 12 | Yajnavalkya and Janaka, of Narada and Nairayana. He explains
1481 12 | the cult of Krishna, and narrates endless legends, tales,
1482 Epi | no richer storehouse for narrating tales to children, than
1483 End | merely of concluding personal narratives of the heroes who have figured
1484 Epi | English-speaking lands, is the national property of the nations
1485 5, 3 | Savitri not been wed?"~"Nay, to choose her lord and
1486 5, 3 | short-lived, fated bridegroom ne'er my child shall be allied,~
1487 Epi | as an unabridged, though necessarily a free translation of the
1488 5, 6 | love into his eyes,~On her neck his clasping left arm sweetly
1489 12, 2 | cooling fragrance like the nectar-drink of heaven!~
1490 11, 2 | softest cushion scarce the needed rest they found,~Now they
1491 7, 10| gods in heaven,~Spot that needle's point can cover not unto
1492 5, 4 | wife,~And I feel a hundred needles pierce me and torment my
1493 8, 1 | warlike archers drew,~And the neigh of battle chargers as the
1494 9, 3 | and crashing standards, neighing steeds and warriors slain~
1495 10, 1 | happier fate,~For thy arm is nerved to action by an unforgotten
1496 10, 2 | Gandiva in his weak and nerveless hand,~Wherefore hangs yon
1497 3, 6 | their weapons, and their nervous fingers shake,~And their
1498 7, 5 | Dhrita-rashtra cannot, will net be untrue!~Years of anxious
1499 8, 9 | king my father grant thy never-failing grace,~If within thy noble
1500 7, 10| weakly to Yudhishthir gave,~Nevermore shall go unto him while
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