Nala and Damayanti: And Other Poems |
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ablution addressed Agni art thou Asiatic Researches Asoca Ayodhya beauteous behold bereft Bhagiratha Bhima's daughter birds blameless bliss Bopp Brahma Brahmin bright caravan charioteer curse Damayanti dark Dasaratha Dasarna deed descent of Ganga dice dread dwell dwelt elephants eyes fate father fire fish flowers forest fruit garment gazed gentle gods grief hast thou hath heard heart heaven hermit Hindu holy horses husband Indian Indra instant Kali Karkotaka KESINIA spake king Bhima's king Nala live lord of earth lotus Manu Meghaduta Menu mighty monarch moon mother mountain NALA spake Nala's Nishadha's king noble o'er poem poetry princess Pushkara queen race raja Ramayana realm Rituparna royal sacred sage Sanscrit serpents sire skill sorrow soul steeds stood Sudeva swans Swayembara thee thine thyself translation tree truth Urvasi Vahuca Vaisravana Varshneya Varuna Vedas Vidarbha's wife wild WILSON wilt wood words Yakshas
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Page 119 - By a son a man obtains victory over all people; by a son's son he enjoys immortality; and afterwards by the son of that grandson he reaches the solar abode.
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Page 134 - Master, who did sin, this man or his parents, that he was born blind...
Page 133 - Let him take up his consecrated fire, and all his domestic implements of making oblations to it, and departing from the town to the forest, let him dwell in it with complete power over his organs of sense and of action.
Page 124 - Never to recede from combat, to protect the people, and to honour the priests, is the highest duty of kings and ensures their felicity. 89. Those rulers of the earth, who, desirous of defeating each other, exert their utmost strength in battle, without ever averting their faces, ascend after death directly to heaven.
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Page 119 - After he has read the Vedas in the form prescribed by law, has legally begotten a son, and has performed sacrifices to the best of his power, he (has paid his three debts, and) may then apply his heart to eternal bliss.