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178 LITERATURE 0F< BENGAL.
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it .with the king, even as a dove deposits her young in
the dark hollow of 'trees. 1 The king is the protector of
poor meu's property, where has he kept poor CMtran-
gada's jewel"? Some conversation eusues, and Ravana
is stung with the reproach of his queen and determines on
instant war. fAt his command the city resounds with
the sound of war, and horses and elephants and cars
and serried ranks of warriors fill the streets. Jndrajit or
Meghanad the sole surviving son of Eavna, hears that his
fathei^has resolved to go to war in person. He hastens to
Lanka from his country retreat and asks and is permitted
by his father to lead the army.
The second book is a description of the heavens.
According to the Pauranik Mythology, Brahma the
creator, Vishnu the preserver, and Siva the destroyer, are
the three supreme deities, while Indra is the head of
the minor gods Fire, Air, Death, &c. Indra is informed
of the resolution Meghanad had taken to fight with
Rama the next day. Meghanad twas invincible in war and
had beaten Indra himself (wlience his other name Indra-
jit) and Indra therefore repairs witfi his wife, Sachi, to
Kailasa, the seat of Siva and his wife Uma, to pray for
, the defeat and death of Meghanad and the safety of
Rama. The conversation that ensues breathes true pathos
and softness. Indra pleads the cause of the virtuous
Rama whose humble hut was robbed of its jewel Sita by ,
the cruel Ravau. Sachi, the wife of Indra, takes up the
tale and expatiates on the woes of Sita now confined in an
<L,_Af55oka forest in Lanka, where she weeps day and night for
her virtuous lord. With a peride which befits the queen of
t
it .with the king, even as a dove deposits her young in
the dark hollow of 'trees. 1 The king is the protector of
poor meu's property, where has he kept poor CMtran-
gada's jewel"? Some conversation eusues, and Ravana
is stung with the reproach of his queen and determines on
instant war. fAt his command the city resounds with
the sound of war, and horses and elephants and cars
and serried ranks of warriors fill the streets. Jndrajit or
Meghanad the sole surviving son of Eavna, hears that his
fathei^has resolved to go to war in person. He hastens to
Lanka from his country retreat and asks and is permitted
by his father to lead the army.
The second book is a description of the heavens.
According to the Pauranik Mythology, Brahma the
creator, Vishnu the preserver, and Siva the destroyer, are
the three supreme deities, while Indra is the head of
the minor gods Fire, Air, Death, &c. Indra is informed
of the resolution Meghanad had taken to fight with
Rama the next day. Meghanad twas invincible in war and
had beaten Indra himself (wlience his other name Indra-
jit) and Indra therefore repairs witfi his wife, Sachi, to
Kailasa, the seat of Siva and his wife Uma, to pray for
, the defeat and death of Meghanad and the safety of
Rama. The conversation that ensues breathes true pathos
and softness. Indra pleads the cause of the virtuous
Rama whose humble hut was robbed of its jewel Sita by ,
the cruel Ravau. Sachi, the wife of Indra, takes up the
tale and expatiates on the woes of Sita now confined in an
<L,_Af55oka forest in Lanka, where she weeps day and night for
her virtuous lord. With a peride which befits the queen of