Indian Idylls from the Sanskrit of the Mahâbhârata |
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answered Arjuna art thou Aśoka bear beasts beauty Bhima bliss Brahmans breath bright brother charioteer child coursers cried Damayantî daughter dear death dost doth Draupadí dread Duryodhana dwell earth Edwin Arnold evil eyes fair faithful feet fell foes fruits gaze gifts gods grace grief grieved hath hear heard heart heaven holy Indra Indrasen Kali King Light of Asia live Maharaja maid Nakula Nala Nala's Narada Nishadha's Nishadha's chief noble palms Pandavas Pandu Parikshita peace poem pray Prince Princess Pushkara queen quoth Raja replied Rituparna Sahadev saints Satyavân Sâvitrî seek shining sighed slay Song Song of Songs sorrow soul spake steeds stood Sudeva Swayamvara sweet tears tell thee thine thither thou art thou didst thou hast thou shalt thou wilt throne thyself true Unto Vahuka Varshneya Vidarbha's wandering weeping wife wise wood words wrought Yaksha Yama Yudhishthira
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Page xv - The leaf was darkish, and had prickles on it, But in another country, as he said, Bore a bright golden flower...
Page 283 - THE LIGHT OF ASIA ; or, THE GREAT RENUNCIATION (Mahabhinishkramana). Being the Life and Teaching of Gautama, Prince of India, and Founder of Buddhism (as told in verse by an Indian Buddhist). By Edwin Arnold, MA, CSI , &c.
Page 64 - ... his house with gifts? No hurt he does, kind to all living things True of word is he, faithful, liberal, just Steadfast and patient, temperate and pure A king of men is Nala, like the gods. He that would curse a prince of such a mould, Thou foolish Kali, lays upon himself A sin to crush himself; the curse comes back And sinks him in the bottomless vast gulf Of Narak.
Page 135 - With woful heart wearing the rended dress. Prince, hear her cry who thus forever weepeth ; Be mindful, hero ; comfort her distress ! And, furthermore," the Princess said, " since fire Leaps into flame when the wind fans the spark, Be this too spoken, that his heart may burn: — By every husband nourished and protected Should every wife be. Think upon the wood ! Why these thy duties hast thou so neglected, Prince, that was called noble and true and good ? Art then become compassionate no longer,...
Page 252 - Himavan ; And, midway in the peaks of Himavan, Meru, the Mountain of all mountains, rose, Whose head is Heaven; and under Himavan Glared a wide waste of sand, dreadful as death. " Then, as they hastened o'er the deadly waste, Aiming for Meru, having thoughts at soul Infinite, eager — lo! Draupadi reeled, With faltering heart and feet; and Bhima turned, Gazing upon her ; and that hero spake To Yudhishthira : ' Master, brother, king ! Why doth she fail ? For never all her life Wrought our sweet lady...
Page viii - The stories, songs, and ballads; the histories and genealogies; the nursery tales and religious discourses; the art, the learning, the philosophy, the creeds, the moralities, the modes of thought, the very phrases, sayings, turns of expression, and daily ideas of the Hindu people are taken from these poems.