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Expressions et termes fréquents
addressed anchorite ancient arms Aśoka austere avatár Ayodhya bade Bharat blest bliss bosom Brahmá Bráhman breast bright called CANTO child cried Daksha dame dart Dasaratha dear deed demons divine dread earth elephant eyes fair fame fate father fear fury gain Gandharvas Gangá gave gifts glorious glory Gods GORRESIO grace hand hast heard heart heaven heavenly hermit high-souled Hindus holy honour Ikshváku's India Indian Indra Janak Kaikeyí king Lakshman lord mighty saint monarch ne'er night noble o'er Pahlavas penance poem pray prayer priest Prince Queen race rage Raghu's Rakshasas Ráma Ráma's Rámáyan Rávan replied reverence Rig-veda Rishyaśring rite royal sacred sacrifice sage Sanskrit SCHLEGEL shalt sire Sítá Śiva skies sons sought soul sped speech spoke steed suppliant sweet tale thee thine thou thousand throne Válmíki Vasishtha Veda Vishnu Viśvámitra vows ween wild wondrous words youth
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Page 304 - Here Sita stands, my daughter fair, The duties of thy life to share ; Take from her father, take thy bride, Join hand to hand, and bliss betide. A faithful wife, most blest is she, And as, thy shade will follow thee.
Page 417 - Vasuki twisted round the mountain for a rope, churned the waters for the recovery of the amrita or nectar, and fourteen other sacred things. 3. The Varaha, or Boar. In this he descended in the form of a boar to rescue the earth from the power of a demon called 'golden-eyed,
Page 171 - O Saint, I yearn The three-pathed Ganga's tale to learn." Thus urged, the sage recounted both The birth of Ganga and her growth : — " The mighty hill with metals stored, Himalaya, is the mountains' lord, The father of a lovely pair Of daughters fairest of the fair — Their mother, offspring of the will Of Meru, everlasting hill, Mena, Himalaya's darling, graced With beauty of her dainty waist. Ganga was elder-born : — then came The fair one known by Uma's name. Then all the Gods of heaven, in...
Page 53 - With every passion-waking wile Of glance and lotus hand, With all enticements that excite The longing for unknown delight Which boys in vain withstand. Forth came the hermit's son to view The wondrous sight to him so new, And gazed in rapt surprise For from his natal hour till then On woman or the sons of men He ne'er had cast his eyes. He saw them with their waists so slim, With fairest shape and faultless limb, In variegated robes arrayed, And sweetly singing as they played. Near and more near...
Page 85 - O Lord whose hand fierce Madhu slew, Be thou our refuge, firm and true; Friend of the suffering worlds art thou, We pray thee help thy suppliants now." Then Vishnu spake : " Ye Gods, declare, What may I do to grant your prayer ? " " King Dasaratha," thus cried they, " Fervent in penance many a day, The sacrificial steed has slain, Longing for sons, but all in vain. Now, at the cry of us forlorn, Incarnate as his seed be born. Three queens has he — each lovely dame Like Beauty, Modesty, or Fame....
Page 43 - Thus, worthy of the name she bore, Ayodhya for a league or more Cast a bright glory round, Where Dasaratha wise and great Governed his fair ancestral state, With every virtue crowned. Like Indra in the skies he reigned In that good town whose wall contained High domes and turrets proud, With gates and arcs of triumph decked, And sturdy barriers to protect Her gay and countless crowd.
Page 186 - Go, and with ceaseless labor try To draw the Goddess from the sky. Return, and with thee take the steed ; So shall thy grandsire's rite succeed.' Prince Ansuman the strong and brave Followed the rede Suparna gave. The glorious hero took the horse, And homeward quickly bent his course. Straight to the anxious King he hied, Whom lustral rites had purified — The mournful story to unfold And all the King of birds had told. The tale of woe the monarch heard, No longer was the rite deferred : With care...
Page 76 - There day by day the holy train Performed all rites as rules ordain. No priest in all that host was found But kept the vows that held him bound ; None, but the holy Vedas knew, And all their sixfold science too. No Brahman there was found unfit To speak with eloquence and wit. And now the appointed time came near The sacrificial posts to rear. They brought them, and prepared to fix Of Bel and Khadir six and six; Six, made of the...
Page 161 - And Vasu bade his city fair The name of Girivraja bear. This fertile spot whereon we stand Was once the high-souled Vasu's land. Behold! as round we turn our eyes, Five lofty mountain peaks arise. See! bursting from her parent hill, Sumagadhi, a lovely rill, Bright gleaming as she flows between The mountains, like a wreath is seen— And then through Magadh's plains and groves With many a fair meander roves.
Page 52 - And ply their trade with smile and glance. Let these, attired in hermits' dress, Betake them to the wilderness, And bring the boy of life austere A voluntary captive here.' He ended ; and the king agreed, By the priest's counsel won. And all the ministers took heed To see his bidding done. In ships with wondrous art prepared Away the lovely women fared, And soon beneath the shade they stood Of the wild, lonely, dreary wood. And there the leafy cot they found Where dwelt the devotee, And looked with...