MAHABHARATA CONDENSED INTO ENGLISH ... - Mandhata Global
MAHABHARATA CONDENSED INTO ENGLISH ... - Mandhata Global
MAHABHARATA CONDENSED INTO ENGLISH ... - Mandhata Global
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Next the sabre golden-hilted, sable and with gold embossed,<br />
Brave Yudhishthir kept that sabre when tho king his kingdom lost,<br />
Yonder sword with goat-skin scabbard brave Nakula wields in war,<br />
In the cowhide Sahadeva keeps his shining scimitar!"<br />
"Strange thy accents," spake Uttara, "stranger are the weapons bright,<br />
Are they arms of sons of Pandu famed on earth for matchless might,<br />
Where are now those pious princes by a dire misfortune crossed,<br />
Warlike Arjun, good Yudhishthir, by his subjects loved and lost,<br />
Where is tiger-waisted Bhima, matchless fighter in the field,<br />
And the brave and twin-born brothers skilled the arms of war to wield?<br />
O'er a game they lost their empire and we heard of them no more,<br />
Or perchance they lonesome wander on some wild and distant shore,<br />
And Draupadi noble princess, purest best of womankind,<br />
Doth she wander with Yudhishthir, changeless in her heart and mind?"<br />
Proudly answered valiant Arjun, and a smile was on his face,<br />
Not in distant lands the brothers do their wandering footsteps trace,<br />
In thy father's court disguiséd lives Yudhishthir just and good,<br />
Bhima in thy father's palace as a cook prepares the food,<br />
Brave Nakula guards the horses, Sahadeva tends the kine,<br />
As thy sister's waiting-woman doth the fair Draupadi shine,<br />
Pardon, prince, these rings and bangles, pardon strange unmanly guise,<br />
'Tis no poor and sexless creature,--Arjun greets thy wondering eyes!"<br />
IV<br />
RESCUE OF THE CATTLE<br />
Arjun decked his mighty stature in the gleaming arms of war,<br />
And with voice of distant thunder rolled the mighty battle-car,<br />
And the Kurus marked with wonder Arjun's standard lifted proud.<br />
Heard with dread the deep Gandiva sounding oft and sounding loud,<br />
And they knew the wondrous bowman, wheeling round the battle-car,<br />
And with doubts and grave misgivings whispered Drona skilled in war: