Specimens of Old Indian Poetry
Specimens of Old Indian Poetry
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He perform'd the Aswamedha * — the best honour Prince can crave, And a holy gift to Kanva gold in untold millions gave. From this Bharata t the glories of the Bharat lineage came, As from him all those before him, and all after bear the name ; A long line of noble Princes to the mighty King were given, Famed for every royal virtue, glorious as the Gods in Heaven.
* " The actual or emblematic sacrifice of a horse. This sacrifice was one of the highest order, and, performed a hundred times, entit...led the sacrificer to the dominion of Swarga^ or Paradise ; it appears to have been originally typical ; the horse and other animals being simply bound during the performance of certain ceremonies ; the actual sacrifice is an intro- duction of a later period. " t The Mahdbkdrata, or Great Bkarateid, derives its name from this Prince, the ancestor of the heroes whose contests form its main subject.
NALA. 57 NALA.
The following brief extract from the beautiful and interesting Episode of Nala and Dama- yanti — one of the most charming stories in the Mahabharata — which has been so excellently translated by Dean Milman, is not selected here for any peculiar poetical merit it possesses j but it is at least curious as affording an illustration of the extravagant height to which the love of play was sometimes carried by the ancient Indians • a passion which raged as fiercely in the sun-bright cities of Hindustan, as in the gloomy forests of Germany, where, as we are told by Tacitus, when all else was lost, personal liberty was staked upon the hazard of a cast, and the loser, although he might be the younger and the stronger man, would voluntarily submit to slavery, and suffer himself to be bound and sold by his successful opponent.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
He perform'd the Aswamedha * — the best honour Prince can crave, And a holy gift to Kanva gold in untold millions gave. From this Bharata t the glories of the Bharat lineage came, As from him all those before him, and all after bear the name ; A long line of noble Princes to the mighty King were given, Famed for every royal virtue, glorious as the Gods in Heaven.
* " The actual or emblematic sacrifice of a horse. This sacrifice was one of the highest order, and, performed a hundred times, entit...led the sacrificer to the dominion of Swarga^ or Paradise ; it appears to have been originally typical ; the horse and other animals being simply bound during the performance of certain ceremonies ; the actual sacrifice is an intro- duction of a later period. " t The Mahdbkdrata, or Great Bkarateid, derives its name from this Prince, the ancestor of the heroes whose contests form its main subject.
NALA. 57 NALA.
The following brief extract from the beautiful and interesting Episode of Nala and Dama- yanti — one of the most charming stories in the Mahabharata — which has been so excellently translated by Dean Milman, is not selected here for any peculiar poetical merit it possesses j but it is at least curious as affording an illustration of the extravagant height to which the love of play was sometimes carried by the ancient Indians • a passion which raged as fiercely in the sun-bright cities of Hindustan, as in the gloomy forests of Germany, where, as we are told by Tacitus, when all else was lost, personal liberty was staked upon the hazard of a cast, and the loser, although he might be the younger and the stronger man, would voluntarily submit to slavery, and suffer himself to be bound and sold by his successful opponent.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Ralph T H Ralph Thomas Hotchkin Griffith to read onlineMoreLess
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