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Book Ie Ostradshan the Tournament. The scene of the epic is the ancient kingdom
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of the Curus, which flourished along the upper course of the Ganges, and
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the historical fact on which the epic is based is a great war which took
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place between the Curus and the neighboring tribe the Panchals, in the thirteenth or
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fourteenth century before Christ. According to the epic, Pandu and Triturastra, who
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was born blind, were brothers. Pandu died early, and Triturastri became king
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of the Curus and brought up the five sons of Pandu along with his hundred
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sons. Yudistir, the eldest son of Pandu, was a man of truth
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and piety. Weim the second, was a stalwart fighter and urgent. The
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Thirtsen distinguished himself above all the other princes in arms. The two youngest brothers,
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Nachol and Sahadeb, were twins. The Ludhan was the eldest son of
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Teterastra and was jealous of his cousins, the sons of Pandu. A tournament
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was held, and in the course of the day, a warrior named Kern
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of unknown origin appeared on the scene and proved himself a wardy arrival of Urjin.
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The rivalry between Urgin and Kern is the leading tod of the epic,
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as the rivalry between Achilus and Haktor is the leading toad of the Iliad.
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It is only necessary to add that the sons of Pandu as well as Kern,
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were, like the heroes of Homer, god born chiefs. Some God
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inspired the birth of each. It is there was the son of Term or
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Virtue, Viam of Vayu or Wind, Urgin of Indra or Rain God.
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The twin youngest were the sons of the Ashen twins, and Kern was the
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son of Surya the Sun, but was believed by himself and by all others,
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to be the son of a simple chariot driver. The portion translated in
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this book forms sections one thirty four to one thirty seven of Book one of
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the original Epic. In Sanskrit calcuttadition of eighteen thirty four one the gathering wrathful
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sons of Tritrauscht born of Curu's royal race Rydia, sons of noble Pantu,
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God born man of godlike grace, skill in arms, attained this princess from
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a Brahman warrior, bold drawn, prist and proud preceptor, peerless chief of
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days of old outspeak drawn to the monarch in the astinas royal hall. Speak
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to Vishmah and the creeper. Speak to lords and courtiers. All mark the
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gallant princess, monarch, trained in arms and warlike art. Let them prove
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their skill and valor, rain the steed and throw the dart. Answered.
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Then the ancient monarch, joyful was his royal heart west of Brahmins, and
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the warriors nobly hast doubt on thy part. Name the pleas unfixed a moment,
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hold a royal tournament. Published by the Laws of Combat. Publish far
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thy King's consent, sideless roll these orphs of vision. Dark to me is
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noon daylight. Happier man will mark the toorney and the peerless Prince's five.
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Let the good and wise vidour serve demanded and be haste. Let the father's
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pride and gladness fill this old and cheerless breast. Then the good and wise,
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withdour unto his duties, bound drown, blessed with skill and wisdom measured
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out the tarny ground, clear of jungle was the meadow crystal fountain graced drawn
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on the lighted altar, holy gifts and offerings placed holy was the star of
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Species, and the hour was calm and bright. Man from distant town and
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hamlet gave to view the sacred right. Then arose white stately mansions built by
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architects of fame, decked with arms for cruise, monarch and for every royal
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dame. And the people built their stages circling around the listed green, and
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the nobles with their white tents, graised affair and festive scene. Brightly dawned
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the festal morning, and the monarch left his hall, Fishma and the pious
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creeper with the lords and courtiers all, and they came unto the mansions,
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gay, young, glittering golden caste decked with gems and richieway Dulia and with
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strings of pearls be laced fair Gandhari Queen of Kuru Pritha Pandu's with old dame
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ladies in their gorgeous garments, maids of beauty and of fame, mounted on
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their glittering mansions, where the tins harmonious blend as on Maroo's golden mountain.
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Queens of heavenly gods ascend, and the people of the city Brahman Specius Shatriya's
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old man from stall and lumin anvil gathered thick the young and old, and
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arose the sound of trumpet and the surging people's cry like the voice of angry
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ocean tempest slashed, sublime and high. Came the saintly white robe Drouna white,
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his sacrificial tread whiteyt central mark and garlands white, the locks that crowned
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his head with his son renowned for valor Forthtron radiant high. So the movement
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Mars conjured walks upon the cloudless sky, offerings to the Guard's immortal. Then
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the priestly warrior made Brahmans with their chanted mantra worship and obeisance pade and the
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festive note of sunk mingled with a trumpet sound. Trunks of warriors various armed
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came under the listed ground. Two the princess count letted and jewel gardled.
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Now the warlike princess came with their steadily bows and quivers and their swords like
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wreaths of way, each behind his elder stepping, could it his steer first
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of all, each his wondrous skill displaying held the silent crowds in troal,
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and the man in admiration marked them joyful eye, or by sudden panic stricken
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stooped to let the arrow fly. Mounted on their rapid coursers off, the
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princess proved their aim, racing hit the tarch with arrows, lattered with their
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royal lane. With their glinting sun lily weapons shown the youths sublime and high,
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more than the models seemed. The princess like endervous of the sky.
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Shouts of joy. The people uttered, as by sudden impulse, driven mingled
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voice of tens of thousands, struck the pealing vault of heaven. Still the
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Princess shook their weapons, drove the deep, resounding car or on stead or
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tusker mounted, waisted the glorious mimic war, mighty sword and ample butler ponderous
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mazed the Prince's wield brightly gleamed their lightning rapiers as deranged a listed field,
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Brave and fearless in their action and their movement, quick and light, skilled
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and through the trust and parry of their weapons, flaming bright tree weam and
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Duruden weam cape and proud Duryuden, with their masses held on high like the
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cliffs, with lofty turrets cleaving through the azure sky in their warlike arms a
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cartret with their guarded lines distooed, liked to untame the jungle tuskers in the
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deep and echoing ode. And as tasks ranged the forest, so they arranged
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the spacious field right the left and back the wander, and their ponderous masses
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wailed unto Koru's sightless monarch wise Videor drew the scene. Prittha, proudly of
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the princess, spake unto the Koru Queen, while the stalwart weam battle to
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Dudiudan, brave and strong, fierce in wrath for one or other, shouted
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forth the maddened trow, Hail to Kuruprince do Luthan, Hail to weam hero.
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Proud sounds like these from surging myriads rose in tumult, deep and loud,
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and with troubled vision. Joan marked the heaving, restless plain, marked
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the crowd by anger, shaken like the tempest, shaken Mane to his son.
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Then whispered drone quaked, the tumult to appease parted. The armed and
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angry wrestlers bid the deadly combat seas with their lifted clubs. The princess slowly
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tired. On signal given like the parting of the bellows, mighty heaving tempest
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driven came forth. Then the ancient Jonah on the open battleground stopped the jump,
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and lofty trumpet, speaking voice like thunder sound, bade him come.
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The gallant Urgin, pious Prince and warriors scaled Urgent, born of mighty Indra,
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and with business proys field four the advent of Urgin, guntletted and jewel
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girdled with his bow of ample height, Archard Urgent, pious, herded to
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the gods, performed a riot, then stepped forth, proud and stealy in
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his golden mail and caste like the sunlit cloud of evening, with the golden
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rainbow grazed and the gladness steerred the people all around the listed plane voice of
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drum and blare of trumpet rose with Sunkha's festive strain. Mark the gallant son
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of Pandu, whom the happy Breta wore. Mark the heir of Indra's veller,
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matchless in his eyes, arms and lore, Mark the warrior, young
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and vaaliant, peerless in his scale of arms. Mark the pure, souled,
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pious chieftane, decked with grace and varied charms. Pretty heard such grateful
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voices borne aloft unto the sky. The milk of love suffused her bosom.
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Tear of joy was in her eye, and who arrested Koru's monarch. Joyous
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accents struck his ear, and he turned to wise withdeur, seeking for the
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cause to hear. Wherefore, like the voice of ocean, when the tempedes
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twins, prevail raised these voices of the people and the species skies, assail
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answered him, the wise videour. It is prettiest gallant boy, godlike moves
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in golden armor, and the people shout for joy. Please them, I
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so speak the monarch, and I bless my happy faith Prita's son, like
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fires of Yega sanctified his mighty state. Now the voices of the people died
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away, and all was steel urgent to his proud preceptor showed his might and
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matchless skill, towering high or lowly, bending on the turf or on his
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car. With his bow and glistening arrows, Urgent waised the mimic war targets
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on the wide arena, mighty tough for wondrous small. With his arrows bright
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and failing, Urgent pierced them one and all. Wild boar, shaped of
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solid iron, coursed a wide, extending field in its jaws. Five glistening
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arrows sent the archer, wondrous keeled cow horn by a tread suspended was by
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winds, unseizing swedes one and twenty well lamed arrows. On this moving mark
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he laid andet equal skill. His rapier did the god like urgin wild whirling
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round. His maze of battle ranged a specious thorny field. Five the advance
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of Kern. Now the feats of arm are ended, and the closing hour
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draws nigh. Music's voices hushed in silence and dispersing crowds pass by, hark
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like vulcan shaking thunder wakes a deep and deadly sound. Clank, and dean
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of warlike weapons burst upon the tanted ground. Are the solid mountain splitting?
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Is it bursting off the art? Is it tempest spelling accent? Whence the
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lightning takes its part. Thoughts like these alarm the people, for the sound
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is dread and high. To the gate of the Dirhna turns the crowd with
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anxious eye, gathered round Preceptor Drona, ponder suns in armor, bright like
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the five starred constellation, round the radiant Queen of Night, Gathered round the
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proud du Youthen, dreaded for his exploits, done all his brave and warlike
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brothers, and Preceptor Drona's son. So the gods Encircledindra thunder wielding fears and
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bold when he scattered, done with children in the misty days of old pale
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before the unknown warrior gathered nations part in Twain, conqueror of hostile cities,
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Lofty Carrn dreads the plain in his golden maile aquadret and his rings of yellow
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gold like a moving cliffland stature. Armed, comes the chieftain, bold Pritha,
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yet unwedded, bore him pureless archer on the art portion of the solar
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radiance, for the sun inspired his bird like a tuskar in his theory,
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like a lion in his ear, like the sun in untide radiance, like
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the all consuming fire lion like in build and muscle, stately as a golden
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palm, blessed every very manly virtue, pearless warrior, proud and calm,
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with his looks, serene and lofty feel the world. The chiefs surveyed scarce
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to creep our Authodrona honor and obeisance made still the panic stricken people who viewed
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him with unmoving gage. Who may be this unknown warrior? Questioned Day in
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harsh damaze. Then in voice of pealing thunder, spake fair Pritta's eldest son,
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Unturton, Pritta's youngest. He tell us to each unknown all their feats
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of weapons. Sur Jean done it, vain and needless, boast these and
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grat the ry accomplish witness be this mighty host. Thus spake proud and peerless
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carn in his accents, deep and loud, and as moved by sudden impulse,
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lived in joyed the listening crowd, and the gleam of mighty transport glows
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in proud Doruthan's heart, flames of red and jealous anger from the eyes of
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urgent start Drone gave the word and Kern Pritha's war beloving son what his sword,
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and with his arrows did the feats by Arjun Dunn six the rival warriors.
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Joyful was the proud Douruthan. Gladness gleamed upon his face, and he
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spake to Gallant Kern with a dear and fond embrace. Welcome, mighty armed
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chieftain, Thou hast Victor's honors won. Thine is all my wealthon kingdom named
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I wish, and it is done, answered Karne to Tyudin, Prince,
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thy ward is good as deed, But I seek to combat Urjeun and to
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win the victor's mead. Noble is the boon thou seekest, answered Curuz,
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Prince of fame, be a joy unto your comrades. Let the foreman dread
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thy name anger flamed in Urgent's bosom, and he spake in excellence route unto
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Kern, who in triumph, calm and proud and fearless, toute chief,
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who comest uninvited, prattest in thy lying boast, thou shalt die the deaths
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of Braggart's witness be this mighty host. Krne answered, calm and proudly freed
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is listed field to all warriors enter by theirroys wait not Urgent for thy call.
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Warlike chieftains take their places by their strength of arm and miThe and their
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warranties. Derfalcian valor sanctifies their right. Angry word is Covered's weapon. Urgin
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speak with arrow scheme till I lady witness. Drone low upon the listed green.
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Drone gave the word impartial, wrathful. Urgin, dread of foes,
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parted from his loving plodders with his glistening arms. Arose Kurn clasped the Kouru
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princess, parted from them one and all with his bow and ample quiver,
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proudly stepped the warrior tall. Now the cloud sweetly reflashes scattered, darkling,
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thick and high lines of cranes, like glimpse of laughter sailed across the gloomy
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sky. Rain get in and over. Urgent watched it. Father's partial love
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sun goatsurya over Kern shed his light from far above. Urgent stood in darkening
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shadow by the inky clouds, concealed bold and bright in open shan sign Radiant
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Curn stood revealed proud dourioth And and his brothers stood by Kern, calm and
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bold. Drone stood by gallant Urchin and brave Pishma warrior. Old women too,
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with partial glances, viewed the one or other chief, but by equal
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love divided silent Prita swound in grief, wise widure, true to duty with
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an anxious hurricane, sandal drops and sprinkled waters, ruised to wood, distracted
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dam and she saw her sons in combat. Words of Wushi, a uttered
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nun, speechless weft, for none must fathom. Kern was her eldest son,
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seventh. The anointment of Kern crested Kern. Helm Durgin proudly trod the
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specious green creepers killed in Herald's duties, spake upon the dreadful scene. This
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is Helmut, wearing urgent, sprung of Kuru's mighty race, Pondu's son and
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born by Pritha. Prince ovot and warlike kras long armed Chief decleared thy lineage,
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and the raised Dadostradorn named thy mother and thy father, and the house
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that saw deborn by the rules of war. Prince Urgent claims his rival Chief
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to know Princess may not draw the weapon against a base and nameless foe.
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Kern silent, hard, dismantate, but his bart could not proclaim like a
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range repelled the lotus bent his humble head in shame. Prince Urakan cried the
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Rudan, not the man on board alone, warlike leader of his forces,
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as a prince and chief, we won Kern by his warlike valor. Is
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of crowned kings. To appear, Kern shall be crowned. Monarch nations sell
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dismandate. Here Foto brought the corn and treasure, golden coin and water jar
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on the throne. The seated Kern famed in many a deathful war. Brahmans
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chanted sacred mantra which the Holy Books ordained and anointed Kern monarch king of Angus
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feared domain. And they raised a red umbrella, and they waved the Jorifan
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blessings on the crowned monarch. Honor to the bravest man. Now the Holy
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Rites accomplished in his kingly robes, Arrayedkurn unto Prince Dourudan. Thus, in
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grateful accents, prayed gift of kingdom good to Rudan. Speak at welth thy
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noble heart. What return can grateful kurn hamly render on his part, grant
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thy friendship cried to Ruthan, for no other boon, I crave meet e
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Ruthan's dearest comrade, be his helper, true and brave be it. So
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responded Kern with a proud and noble grace, and he sealed his loyal friendship
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in a tear and fond and braves. Eighth, the chariot driver wet to
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jomps of toil and languor lo a chariot driver came loosely hung his can garments
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and the stuff of felt his frame corn, now a crowned monarch to the
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humble chariot tear bent his head steell moist to its water as unto apparent tear
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with his canty clot. The driver sought his dusty feet to hide, and
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he hailed the gallant Kern as his son and as his pride. And he
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clasped unto his bosom crowned corn his noble head, and on Kern's dripping forehead,
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fresh and loving tear droff said, is his son of chariot driver.
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Thouts arose in Weam's mind, and he sought to humble Kern with reproachful words.
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Unkind wilt taou high descended hero which a crew crossed thy brand, But
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the gold of cattle driver's better soothes my friend. Thy hand wilt taou as
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a crowned monarch, cruel a mightination's wail, as the jackals of the jungle
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sacrifice an offering, steel quivered currents leaves in anger ward. The one sir
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speak in none, but a deep sigh shook his bosom, and he gazed
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upon the sun nine close of the day, like a lordly tasker rising from
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a beauteous lotus lake rose, do rudan from his brothers, proudly does to
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beam, spake with such insults, seek not vim does to cause a warrior
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grief bitter tons, but ill befit the warlike tiger, rested chief. Proudest
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chief may fight the humblest, for like Reaver's noble course, noble deeds,
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proclaimed a warrior, and we question not their sores. Teacher, drone,
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prist and warrior owns a poor and humble part creeper noblest of God thom spring
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it from the lowly art known to me thy line, his weam dying,
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and of thy brother's fore amorous gods, your bart inspired, so they say
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in days of yore, mark'd a great and gallant carn, tacked in rings
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and weapons. Fair she dear breeds, not lordly tigers, in her poor
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and lowly lair. Curn comes to rule the wide art, not fair ungle's
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dreams alone, by his valor and his weapons, by the homage which I
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own an. If prince or arm chieftain doth my ward or deed gainsay,
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let him take his bow and quiver meet me in a deadly fray. Loud
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applauses greet the challenge and the people's joyful cry. But the thickening shehades of
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darkness filled art and evening sky, and the red lamb's fitful lusher shone upon
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the field around slowly with the peerless Karn, proud Douryothan left the ground.
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Pondo's son suit warlike drone marked the darksome clothes of the day, and it
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creep and ud Vishma homeward silent banned their way. Urgin is the gallant victor,
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valiant kern as one the day. Prince Douryuthan is the winner. Various
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does the people say by some secret sign. Apprized Briton knew her gallant boy
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saw him crowned King Avanga with a moder's sacred joy and its greater joy.
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Durudan fastened Curne to his side, feared no longer Urgin's proise Urgin's skills of
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arms and pride. Even JUDISTI reckoned Kern, mighty warrior on the Earth,
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half misdoubted Urgin's proise Urgin skill and warlike world. End off, Book one,