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Say the word, and at thy bidding leaders of each hostile race Not the gory field of battle but the festive board will grace, Robed in jewels, decked in garlands, they will quaff the ruddy wine, Greet their foes in mutual kindness, bless thy holy name and thine! Think, O man of many seasons! When good Pandu left this throne, And his helpless loving orphans thou didst cherish as thine own, 'Twas thy helping steadying fingers taught their infant steps to fame, 'Twas thy loving gentle accents taught their lips to lisp each name, As thine own they grew and blossomed, dear to thee they yet remain, Take them back unto thy bosom, be a father once again! Unto thee, O Dhrita-rashtra! Pandu's sons in homage bend, And a loving peaceful message through my willing lips they send: Tell our monarch, more than father, by his sacred stern command We have lived in pathless jungle, wandered far from land to land, True unto our plighted promise, for we ever felt and knew, To his promise Dhrita-rashtra cannot, will net be untrue! Years of anxious toil are over and of woe and bitterness, Years of waiting and of watching, years of danger and distress. Like a dark unending midnight hung on us this age forlorn, Streaks of hope and dawning brightness usher now the radiant morn! Be unto us as a father, loving not inspired by wrath, Be unto us as a teacher, pointing us the righteous path, If perchance astray we wander, thy strong arm shall lead aright, If our feeble bosom fainteth, help us with a father's might! This, O king! the soft entreaty Pandu's sons to thee have made, These are words the sons of Pandu unto Kuru's king have said, Take their love, O gracious monarch! Let thy closing days be fair, Let Duryodhan keep his kingdom, let the Pandavs have their share. Call to mind their noble suffering, for the tale is dark and long Of the outrage they have suffered, of the insult and the wrong,
Exiled into Varnavata, destined unto death by flame, For the gods assist the righteous, they with added prowess came, Exiled into Indra-prastha, by their toil and by their might Cleared a forest, built a city, did the rajasuya rite, Cheated of their realm and empire and of all they called their own, In the jungle they have wandered and in Matsya lived unknown, Once more quelling every evil they are stout of heart and hand, Now redeem thy plighted promise and restore their throne and land! Trust me, mighty Dhrita-rashtra! trust me, lords who grace this hall, Krishna pleads for peace and virtue, blessings unto you and all, Slaughter not the arméd nations, slaughter not thy kith and kin, Mark not, king, thy closing winters with the bloody stain of sin, Let thy sons and Pandu's children stand beside thy ancient throne, Cherish peace and cherish virtue, for thy days are almost done!" VI BHISHMA'S SPEECH From the monarch's ancient bosom sighs and sobs convulsive broke, Bhishma wiped his manly eyelids and to proud Duryodhan spoke: "Listen, prince, for righteous Krishna counsels love and holy peace, Listen, youth, and may thy fortune with thy passing years increase! Yield to Krishna's words of wisdom, for thy weal he nobly strives, Yield and save thy friends and kinsmen, save thy cherished subjects' lives, Foremost race in all this wide earth is Hastina's royal line, Bring not on them dire destruction by a sinful act of thine! Sons and fathers, friends and brothers, shall in mutual conflict die Kinsmen slain by dearest kinsmen shall upon the red field lie, Hearken unto Krishna's counsel, unto wise Vidura's word, Be thy mother's fond entreaty and thy father's mandate heard! Tempt not wrath and fiery vengeance on thy old heroic race, Tread not in the path of darkness, seek the path of light and grace,
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Skill in arms attained these prince
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Mighty sword and ample buckler, pon
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And with equal skill his rapier did
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Angry word is coward's weapon, Arju
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Is he soil of chariot-driver? Doubt
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THE mutual jealousies of the prince
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And the princes bowed unto him and
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And her golden bridal garland, carr
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Bright Immortals gaily crowding vie
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Holy men subsist on wild fruits, in
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Like wild elephants of jungle rushe
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Brahmans, and the brothers reported
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FEAST AND SACRIFICE Jumna's dark an
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And on subjects great and sacred, o
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Page 33 and 34: Lowered Krishna's eye and forehead,
Page 35 and 36: "Done this glorious rajasuya, joy a
Page 37 and 38: DURYODHAN came back from the Imperi
Page 39 and 40: Sacred looks! with holy water dewed
Page 41 and 42: For they censure not a woman, when
Page 43 and 44: I have borne a child unto him, nobl
Page 45 and 46: Now once more the teaching cometh,
Page 47 and 48: Leave me not alone on wide earth, l
Page 49 and 50: Epic, impart a moral instruction to
Page 51 and 52: Aswapati, glad and grateful, take t
Page 53 and 54: Maiden! speak unto the rishi, and t
Page 55 and 56: "Monarch!" uttered then the rishi,
Page 57 and 58: Answered then the loving husband, a
Page 59 and 60: YAMA from the prince's body, pale a
Page 61 and 62: "Have thy object," answered YAMA, "
Page 63 and 64: Then she rose and tied her tresses,
Page 65 and 66: From the north the proud Duryodhan,
Page 67 and 68: Trained in war by mighty Arjun, tra
Page 69 and 70: Hark again this wondrous sabre, sha
Page 71 and 72: "That is Arjun's monkey-standard, h
Page 73 and 74: Pure is she in thought and action,
Page 75 and 76: MAHABHARATA BOOK VII UDYOGA (The Co
Page 77 and 78: VALADEVA'S SPEECH Krishna's elder V
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Page 85 and 86: Then in gentler voice Vidura sought
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Page 91 and 92: But the fiercer darts of Drona pier
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Page 95 and 96: Licked his mouth the vengeful Bhima
Page 97 and 98: Mounted on their milk-white charger
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Page 119 and 120: KARNA AND ARJUN MEET Sights of red
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Men from stall and loom and anvil,
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And her tears like rains of summer
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Kings and princes, noble warriors,
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Didst thou, mother, bear the hero f
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meets, then take up a good many pag
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With his greetings did Yudhishthir,
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Round the altar's holy lustre moved
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But the bard and ancient rishi who
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Seek and find the brave Satyaki who
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the concluding books of the Epic is
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This appears to me to be a very sou
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them down, but he never seems to go
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charm and an attraction; and the mo
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Introduction by W. Max-Müller. 189
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IDA, a form of sacrificial offering
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