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INDIAN POETRY
CONTAINING
"_THE INDIAN SONG OF SONGS," FROM THE SANSKRIT
OF THE GÎTA GOVINDA OF JAYADEVA
TWO BOOKS FROM "THE ILIAD OF INDIA" (MAHÁBHÁRATA)
"PROVERBIAL WISDOM" FROM THE SHLOKAS OF THE
HITOPADEŚA, AND OTHER ORIENTAL POEMS_
BY
SIR EDWIN ARNOLD, M.A., K.C.I.E., C.S.I.
_Author of "The Light of Asia"_
OFFICER OF THE WHITE ELEPHANT OF SIAM
THIRD CLASS OF THE IMPERIAL ORDER OF THE MEDJIDIE
FELLOW OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC AND ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETIES
HONORARY MEMBER OF THE SOCIETÉ DE GEOGRAPHIE, MARSEILLES, ETC. ETC.
FORMERLY PRINCIPAL OF THE DECCAN COLLEGE, POONA
AND FELLOW OF THE UNIVERSITY OF BOMBAY
EIGHTH IMPRESSION
LONDON
KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRUBNER & CO. L^TD
DRYDEN HOUSE, GERRARD STREET, W.
1904
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CONTENTS.
PAGE
THE INDIAN SONG OF SONGS--
Introduction 1
Hymn to Vishnu 3
Sarga the First--The Sports of Krishna 9
Sarga the Second--The Penitence of Krishna 22
Sarga the Third--Krishna troubled 31
Sarga the Fourth--Krishna cheered 37
Sarga the Fifth--The Longings of Krishna 44
Sarga the Sixth--Krishna made bolder 54
Sarga the Seventh--Krishna supposed false 59
Sarga the Eighth--The Rebuking of Krishna 75
Sarga the Ninth--The End of Krishna's Trial 79
Sarga the Tenth--Krishna in Paradise 83
Sarga the Eleventh--The Union of Radha and Krishna 88
MISCELLANEOUS ORIENTAL POEMS--
The Rajpoot Wife 101
King Saladin 113
The Caliph's Draught 132
Hindoo Funeral Song 137
Song of the Serpent Charmers 138
Song of the Flour-Mill 140
Taza ba Taza 142
The Mussulman Paradise 146
Dedication of a Poem from the Sanskrit 150
The Rajah's Ride 151
TWO BOOKS FROM THE "ILIAD OF INDIA" 159
The Great Journey 172
The Entry into Heaven 192
THE NIGHT OF SLAUGHTER 210
THE MORNING PRAYER 216
PROVERBIAL WISDOM FROM THE SHLOKAS OF THE HITOPADESA 221
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THE INDIAN SONG OF SONGS.
_INTRODUCTION._
OM!
REVERENCE TO GANESHA!
"The sky is clouded; and the wood resembles
The sky, thick-arched with black Tamâla boughs;
O Radha, Radha! take this Soul, that trembles
In life's deep midnight, to Thy golden house."
So Nanda spoke,--and, led by Radha's spirit,
The feet of Krishna found the road aright;
Wherefore, in bliss which all high hearts inherit,
Together taste they Love's divine delight.
_He who wrote these things for thee,
Of the Son of Wassoodee,
Was the poet Jayadeva;
Him Saraswati gave ever
Fancies fair his mind to throng,
Like pictures palace-walls along;
Ever to his notes of love
Lakshmi's mystic dancers move.
If thy spirit seeks to brood
On Hari glorious, Hari good;
If it feeds on solemn numbers.
Dim as dreams and soft as slumbers,
Lend thine ear to Jayadev,
Lord of all the spells that save.
Umapatidhara's strain
Glows like roses after rain;
Sharan's stream-like song is grand,
If its tide ye understand;
Bard more wise beneath the sun
Is not found than Govardhun;
Dhoyi holds the listener still
With his shlokes of subtle skill;
But for sweet words suited well
Jayadeva doth excel._
(_What follows is to the Music_ MÂLAVA _and the Mode_ RUPAKA.)
HYMN TO VISHNU
O thou that held'st the blessed Veda dry
When all things else beneath the floods were hurled;
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Indian Poetry Containing "The Indian Song of Songs," from the Sanskrit of the Gîta Govinda of Jayadeva, Two books from "The Iliad Of India" (Mahábhárata), "Proverbial Wisdom" from the Shlokas of the Hitopadesa, and other Oriental Poems.
Arnold, Edwin, Sir
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