The Great Indian Epics: The Stories of the Ramayana the MahabharataG. Bell and sons, 1894 - 231 páginas |
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Açwatthaman amongst ancient appeared Apsaras Arjuna arms army arrows Aryan ascetic attended austerities Ayodhya battle beautiful behold Bhagavatgita Bharata Bhima Bhishma Brahmans brothers carried celestial chariot charms Damayanti Dasaratha dead demons desired destruction divine Draupadi dreadful Drona Duryodhana earth elephants exile eyes famous father fierce fire forest Gandharvas Ganga goddess gods hand Hanuman Hastinapur head heart heaven hermit heroes Hindu horses hosts hundred husband India Indian epics Indra Karna Kauravas king Krishna Kshatriya Kunti Kurukshetra Lakshmana land Lanka lived lord lovely Mahabharata maiden mighty mountain Nala occasion Panchala Pandavas Pandu Parva performed poem poet present princes Rakshasas Rama Rama and Lakshmana Rama's Ramayana Ravana Rishi sacred sacrifice sage side Sita Sita's sons of Pandu story strange Sugriva Swayamvara terrible Thanesar thee thou art thousand tion translation trees Vaidehi Valmiki Vanar Vishnu Vyasa warriors weapons wife wonderful Yudhisthira
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Página 216 - Khan. The consequence was that in three or four months I translated two, out 'of eighteen sections, at the puerile absurdities of which the eighteen thousand creations may well be amazed. Such injunctions as one never heard of. What not to eat, and a prohibition against turnips ! But such is my fate, to be employed in such works. Nevertheless, I console myself with the reflection that what is predestined must come to pass.
Página 193 - If the light of a thousand suns were to burst forth at once in the sky, that would be like the splendour of that mighty One.
Página 228 - On failure of issue by the husband, if he be ' of the servile class, the desired offspring may be ' procreated, either by his brother or some other * sapinda, on the wife, who has been duly au1 thorized : 60. ' Sprinkled with clarified butter, silent, in the * night, let the kinsman thus appointed beget one ' son, but a second by no means, on the widow or * childless wife : 61.
Página 18 - the performance of penances was like making deposits in the bank of heaven. By degrees an enormous credit was accumulated which enabled the depositor to draw to the amount of his savings, without fear of his drafts being refused payment. The power gained in this way by weak mortals was so enormous, that gods as well as men were equally at the mercy of these all but omnipotent ascetics...
Página 132 - ... tirthas on their route, till they found themselves in the Himalayas. Pushing into the sacred solitude of these giant mountains they met with many adventures, in which Bhima's son, Ghatotkacha, was very helpful to them. At last, from a lofty summit, these fortunate travellers got a glimpse of the abode of Kuvera, the god of wealth, " adorned with golden and crystal palaces, surrounded on all sides by golden walls having the splendour of all gems, furnished with gardens all around, higher than...
Página 210 - Perhaps, we have not worshipped the deities that cause calamities, or perhaps, we have not paid them the first homage. Or, perhaps, this evil is the certain consequence of the birds ( we saw ). Our stars are not unpropitious. From what other cause, then hath this disaster come?
Página 151 - For the sake of a family an individual may be sacrificed ; for the sake of a village a family may be sacrificed ; for the sake of a province a village may be sacrificed ; and, lastly, for the sake of one's self the whole earth may be sacrificed ; " and concluded with this exhortation : " O monarch, binding Duryodhana fast, make peace with the Pandavas. O bull among Kshtriyas let not the whole Kshatriya race be slaughtered on thy account.
Página 110 - Blest with great good fortune she was exceedingly handsome. Her eyes were black and large as lotus leaves, her complexion was dark, and her locks were blue and curly. Her nails were beautifully convex and bright as burnished copper, her eye-brows were fair, and her bosom •was deep. Indeed, she resembled a veritable daughter of the celestials born among men.
Página 106 - If thy son, friend, brother, father, or even spiritual preceptor, becometh thy foe, thou shouldst, if desirous of prosperity, slay him without scruples. By curses and incantations, by gift of wealth, by poison, or by deception, the foe should be slain. He should never be neglected from disdain.