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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: BOOK I.' CANTO I. NAR A.D? To sainted Narad, prince of those Whose lore in words of wisdom flows, Whose constant care and chief delight Were Scripture and ascetic rite, The good Valmiki, first and hest Of hermit saints, these words addressed: ' ' In all this world, I pray thee, who Is virtuous, heroic, true ? Firm in his vows, of grateful mind, To every creature good and kind? Bounteous, and holy, just, and wise, Alone most fair to all men's eyes ? 1 Called in Sanskrit also Bala.-Ka.nda, and in Hindi Sal-Sand, i. e. tbe Book describing Rama's childhood, bala, meaning a boy up to his sixteenth yea. ! A divine saint, son of Brabma', or Kasyapa. He is the eloquent messenger of the Gods, a musician of exquisite skill, and the inventor of the rfna or Indian lute. He bears a strong resemblance to Hermes or Mercury. 8 This mystic syllable, said to typify the supreme Deity, tbe Gods collectively, the Vedas, the three spheres of the world, tbe three holy fires, tbe three steps of Vishnu etc., prefaces the prayers and most venerated writings of the Hindus. 4 This colloquy is supposed to have taken place about sixteen years after Rama's return from bis wanderings and occupation of uh ancestral throne. Devoid of envy, firm, and sage, Whose tranquil soul ne'er yields to rage ? Whom, when his warrior wrath is high, Do Gods embattled fear and fly ? Whose noble might and gentle skill The triple world can guard from ill ? Who is the best of princes, he Who loves his people's good to see ? The store of bliss, the living mine Where brightest joys and virtues shine? Queen Fortune's' best and dearest friend, Wrhose steps her choicest gifts attend ? Who may with Sun and Moon compare, With Indra, Vishnu, ' Fire, and Air ? Grant, Saint divine, ' the boon I ask, For thee, I ween, a.


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  • ISBN-13: 9780217604499
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 98
  • Spine Width: 5 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0217604498
  • Publisher Date: 12 Oct 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 191 gr


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