The Great Epics of Ancient IndiaJ.M. Dent, 1900 - 384 pages Abridge version of Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki and Mahābhārata |
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... lived in Northern India between the twelfth and tenth centuries before Christ . The names Kosala and Videha in the singular number indicate the king- doms , Oudh and North Behar , -and in the plural number they mean the ancient races ...
... lived in Northern India between the twelfth and tenth centuries before Christ . The names Kosala and Videha in the singular number indicate the king- doms , Oudh and North Behar , -and in the plural number they mean the ancient races ...
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... lived in mutual kindness helpful with their ample wealth , None who begged the wasted refuse , none who lived by fraud and stealth ! And they wore the gem and earring , wreath and fragrant sandal paste , And their arms were decked with ...
... lived in mutual kindness helpful with their ample wealth , None who begged the wasted refuse , none who lived by fraud and stealth ! And they wore the gem and earring , wreath and fragrant sandal paste , And their arms were decked with ...
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... lived by labour , of their honest duty proud , To the Gods and to the Fathers , to each guest in virtue trained , Rites were done with due devotion as by holy writ ordained . Pure each caste in due observance , stainless was each ...
... lived by labour , of their honest duty proud , To the Gods and to the Fathers , to each guest in virtue trained , Rites were done with due devotion as by holy writ ordained . Pure each caste in due observance , stainless was each ...
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... lived and moved , And he loved her , for their parents chose her as his faithful wife , Loved her for her peerless beauty , for her true and trustful life , Loved and dwelt within her bosom though he wore a form apart , Rama in a sweet ...
... lived and moved , And he loved her , for their parents chose her as his faithful wife , Loved her for her peerless beauty , for her true and trustful life , Loved and dwelt within her bosom though he wore a form apart , Rama in a sweet ...
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... lived of old , Where the ancient Aswa - pati ruled his kingdom broad and fair , Hailed the sons of Dasa - ratha with a grandsire's loving care . Tended with a fond affection , guarded with a gentle sway , Still the princes of their ...
... lived of old , Where the ancient Aswa - pati ruled his kingdom broad and fair , Hailed the sons of Dasa - ratha with a grandsire's loving care . Tended with a fond affection , guarded with a gentle sway , Still the princes of their ...
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Abhimanyu accents Agastya ancient anguish Arjun arrows Ayodhya banished battle Bharat Bhima Bhishma Bibhishan blessings bold bosom Brahmans brave bright brother chariot chiefs chieftains consort coursers dark darksome Dasa-ratha deed doth Draupadi dread Drona Duryodhan duteous duty earth elder empire Epic exile faint fair faithful fame fatal father fell foemen forest gallant Lakshman gentle Gods grace Hanuman hast hath heart hermit holy honour India INDRA Indrajit Jayadratha jungle Kaikeyi Karna Kausalya king Kosala Krishna Kumbha-karna Kuru Lakshman Lanka lofty lord mandate mighty monarch mother noble o'er Pandav Pandu peerless pride princes Queen Kaikeyi race Rakshas Rama's Ramayana Ravan righteous Rama rishi rite royal sacred Savitri seek Sita Sita's slain slay sons sorrow spake steeds Sugriva tears thee thou throne true tusker unto Vainly valiant valour Vanars Vasishtha Videha's virtue voice wander warlike warrior weapon Wherefore wife woman's wood word wrath Yudhishthir
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Page 372 - Yet I doubt not through the ages one increasing purpose runs, And the thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns.
Page 162 - If in act and thought" she uttered, " / am true unto my name, Witness of our sins and virtues, may this Fire protect my fame! If a false and lying scandal brings a faithful woman shame, Witness of our sins and virtues, may this Fire protect my fame ! If in life-long loving duty I am free from sin and blame, Witness of our sins and virtues, may this Fire protect my fame ! ' ' Fearless in her faith and valour Sita stepped upon the...
Page 41 - For my mother often taught me and my father often spake, That her home the wedded woman doth beside her husband make, As the shadow to the substance, to her lord is faithful wife, And she parts not from her consort till she parts with fleeting life! Therefore bid me seek the jungle and in pathless forests roam, Where the wild deer freely ranges and the tiger makes his home, Happier than in father's mansions in the woods will Sita rove, Waste no thought on home or kindred, nestling in her husband's...
Page 2 - INDRA'S city, — tower and dome and turret brave — Rose in proud and peerless beauty on Sarayu's limpid wave ! Peaceful lived the righteous people, rich in wealth in merit high, Envy dwelt not in their bosoms and their accents shaped no lie, Fathers with their happy households owned their cattle, corn and gold, Galling penury and famine in Ayodhya had no hold...
Page 27 - Young companions grow in friendship, and our ancient legends tell, Weeds protect a forest monarch which the woodman's axe would fell, Crowned Rama unto Lakshman will a loving brother prove, But for Bharat and Satrughna, Rama's bosom owns no love, And a danger thus ariseth if the elder wins the throne, Haste thee, heedless Queen Kaikeyi, save the younger and thy son! Speak thy mandate to thy husband...
Page 1 - ... to the Epic, Dasa-ratha king of the Kosalas had four sons, the eldest of whom was Rama, the hero of the poem. And Janak, king of the Videhas, had a daughter named Sita, who was miraculously born of a field furrow, and who is the heroine of the Epic. Janak ordained a severe test for the hand of his daughter, and many a prince and warrior came and went away disappointed. Rama succeeded, and won Sita. The story of Rama's winning his bride, and of the marriage of his three brothers with the sister...
Page 72 - If assuming virtue's mantle I should seek the sinful path, Gods who judge our secret motives curse me with their deepest wrath, And thy counsel helps not, rishi, mansions of the sky to win, And a king his subjects follow adding deeper sin to sin! Sweep aside thy crafty reasoning, Truth is still our ancient way, Truth sustains the earth and nations and a monarch's righteous sway...
Page 33 - Wealth or treasure, gem or jewel, castled town or smiling fields, Ask for other gift, Kaikeyi, and thy wishes shall be given, Stain me not with crime unholy in the eye of righteous Heaven!" Coldly spake the Queen Kaikeyi : "If thy royal heart repent, Break thy word and plighted promise, let thy royal faith be rent, Ever known for truth and virtue, speak to peers and mo'narchs all, When from near and distant regions they shall gather in thy hall, Speak if so it please thee, monarch, of thy evil-destined...
Page 102 - ... said ! Help me, ever righteous Rama, duty bade thee yield thy throne, Duty bids thee smite the sinful, save the wife who is thy own, Thou art king and stern chastiser of each deed of sin and shame, Hurl thy vengeance on the Raksha who insults thy faithful dame ! , / Deed of sin, unrighteous Ravan, brings in time its dreadful meed, ! As the young corn grows and ripens from the small and living seed, For this deed of insult, Ravan, in thy heedless folly done, Death of all thy race and kindred thou...
Page 42 - If toy elder and his lady to the pathless forests wend, Armed with bow and ample quiver Lakshman will on them attend, 'Where the wild deer range the forest and the lordly tuskers roam, And the bird of gorgeous plumage nestles in its jungle home, Dearer far to me those woodlands where my elder Rama dwells, Than the homes of bright Immortals where perennial bliss prevails...