Bharata

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Union of the east and west, 1918 - 40 pages

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Page 11 - Wouldst thou the young year's blossoms and the fruits of its decline, And all by which the soul is charmed, enraptured, feasted, fed? Wouldst thou the earth and heaven itself in one sole name combine? I name thee, O Sakoontala! and all at once is said.
Page 21 - if a man's fame can be measured by the number of hearts who revere his memory, by the number of lips who have mentioned and still mention him with honour, Asoka is more famous than Charlemagne or Caesar.
Page 13 - Father!" answered thus the maiden, soft and sad her accents fell, "I have heard thy honoured mandate, holy Narad counsels well, Pardon witless maiden's fancy, but beneath the eye of Heaven, Only once a maiden chooseth, twice her troth may not be given, Long his life or be it narrow, and his virtues great or none, Satyavan is still my husband, he my heart and troth hath won, What a maiden's heart hath chosen that a maiden's lips confess, True to him thy poor Savitri goes into the wilderness!
Page 18 - ... and ready to sacrifice themselves for their welfare; wives are loyal, devoted, and obedient to their husbands, yet show much independence of character, and do not hesitate to express their own opinions ; husbands are tenderly affectionate towards their wives, and treat them with respect and courtesy; daughters, and women generally, are virtuous and modest, yet spirited, and when occasion requires, firm and courageous ; love and harmony reign throughout the family circle.
Page 18 - Children are dutiful to their parents, and submissive to their superiors : younger brothers are respectful to elder brothers; parents are fondly attached to their children, watchful over their interests, and ready to sacrifice themselves for their welfare; wives are loyal, devoted, and obedient to their husbands, yet show much independence of character, and do not hesitate to express their own opinions ; husbands are tenderly affectionate towards their wives, and treat them with respect and courtesy;...
Page 14 - No splendors, no rewards, - not even those sons Whom thou didst promise. Ah, thou wilt not, now, Bear hence the father of them, and my hope Make thy free word good; give me Satyavan Alive once more.
Page 11 - ... the same gods. The languages of Europe and India, although at first sight they seem wide apart, are merely different growths from the original Aryan speech. This is especially true of the common words of family life. The names for father, mother, brother, sister, and widow are the same in most of the Aryan languages, whether spoken on the banks of the Ganges, of the Tiber, or of the Thames. Thus the word daughter, which occurs in nearly all of them...
Page 21 - He now returned to it as a wandering preacher, in dingy yellow robes, with shaven head and the begging bowl in his hand. The old king heard him with reverence. The son, whom Buddha had left as a newborn babe, was converted to the faith ; and his beloved wife, from the threshold of whose chamber he had ridden away into the darkness, became one of the first of Buddhist nuns.
Page 21 - Council, and published his edicts of humanity on stone pillars and on rocks. He prohibited the slaughter of animals, provided medical aid to men and cattle all over his empire, proclaimed the duties of citizens and members of families, and directed Buddhist...

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