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Book two sumber the bride's choice. The mutual jealousies of the princess increased from
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day to day, and when he destired, the eldest of all the princes
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and the eldest son of the late Pandu, was recognized ere apparent. The
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anger of Do Ruthan and his brothers knew no bounds, and they formed a
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dark scheme to kill the sons of Pandu. The sons of Pandu were induced
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with their mother to pay a visit to a distant town called val Nawad.
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A house had been built there for their residence, constructed of inflammable materials.
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At the appointed time, fire was set to the house, but the five
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brothers and their mother escaped the conflagration through a subterranean passage, retired into forests
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and lived in the disguise of Brahmans. In course of time. The heart
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of the approaching celebrations of the marriage of the Princess of Panchal, an ancient
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kingdom in the vicinity of modern kannach All the monarchs of northern India were invited
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and the bride would choose her husband from among the assembled kings. According to
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the ancient Somberg custom, the five sons of Pandu decided to go any minister
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ceremony. The Potionian translated in this book formed sections one eighty four to one
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thirty nine of book one of the original text. One journey to Panchal.
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Not aritea son sa Pandu, wandering far from day to day unto South Panchala's
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country, glad and joyful held their way for when traveling with their mother,
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so he chanced by will of faith, they were met by pious Brahmans bound
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for South Planchala state, and the pure and holy Brahmans Hil their youths of
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noble fame, asked them whether the journey from what distant land decay from the
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land of Wikachakra, good it dish did? Answered so with our incent mother
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traveling on to distant land Suico, how doy not? The Brahmins questioned in
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Panchal's fair domain, drupet good and gracious Monarch dot A mighty feast ordain to
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the festive land we journey Rupert's bounteous gifts to share and to see the samever
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of Panchal's Prince's fair human murder never bore her human bosom never fed from the
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altar sprang the maiden whose summ noble prince woul weard soft her eyes like lotus
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pethel sweet, her tender jasmine form, and the maiden's stainless honor doth her
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gentle soul in fall, and her brother mailed and armed with his bow and
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arrows dire radiant as the blazing altar sprang from sacrifice, shell fire fair,
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the sisters lender wasted tower to beauty, rich and rare and like fragrance of
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blue lotus perfumes. All the sweetened air she will choose from noble suitors gathered
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from the west and east, bright and fair shall be the wedding. Rich
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and bounteous be the feast Kings will come from distant regions, sacrificing wealth and
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gold, stainless monarchs orsed in sestra, pious heart and mighty souled, handsome
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youts, and noble princes from each near and distant land carbon chieftains, bold
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and skillful, brave of heart, and stout of hand. And to win
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the peerless princess, they will scatter presents, rare food and mialskind, wealth
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and jewels, golden gifts and garments. Fair noble gifts will take, as
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Brahmins blest to write too to get some heart. Share the feast so rich
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and bounteous than a joyful mind's depart actors, mimes and tuneful minstrels. Fair
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Panchal's court will trong famed reciters of Pooran's dance, her skill, and wrestler
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strong. Come with us the wedding witness, share the banquet, rich and
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rare, pleased with gifts and noble presents to your distant home. Repair dowad
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ye are with princely beauty, like their radiant gods above, even on you
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the partial princess, missurrender heart and love. And this youth so tall and
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stall with mighty armed, strong and bold, he may win in feats of
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valor and acquire mutsuels and gold. Be it so Yiddishti answered to Panchal,
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will repair view the wedding of the princess and the royal bounty share thus the
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right your sons of Pandu, with the Brahmins took their way wherein South Panchal's
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kingdom mighty Drupet held his way. Now the sinless saint Lurichi deathless path of
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deathless lay herald of the Holy Beidas. Wiaza stood before their way, and
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the princess bowed unto him and received his blessings. Kind by his mandate to
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Panchal. Went it, pleased and joyful mind. Jangaloots and silver waters round
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their silvan bathway lay. Halting at eas wayside station, marched the princess day
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by day, stainless and intent ancestra fair in speech and pure in heart.
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Traveling slowly reached Panchal, saw its spacious town and marred. Saw the fourth
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Bajar and city, saw the spire and signing dome in a potter's distant cottage,
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met their humble, unknown home, and disguised as pious Brahmans, sons
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of Pandu begged their food. People knew not Kuru's princes in the dwelling,
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poor and rude two the wedding assembly to the helm son of Pandu, urgent
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pride of Curu's race, Droupert longed to give his daughter peerless in her maiden
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grace and the mossy wood and bending. Droupert made a stubborn bow, saving
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urgent prince or chieftain might not band the weapon low, and they made the
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whirling discus hung it beneath the top and sky. And beyond the whirling discus
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placed a target far and high. Who strings this bow? Said Rupert,
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hid the target in his pride through the high encircling discus. Who in Spanchard's
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princely bride? And they spake the monarch's mandate. In the Kingdom's near and
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far, And from every town and country, princess came, and chiefs of
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war came. The pure and saint luricchis for to bless the holy rite came
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the crews with brave curn in their pride and matchless mind. Brahmans came from
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distant regions with their sacred learning blast. Drupert, with a royal welcome,
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greeted every honored guest. Not a festal day approached it. Gathering man with
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Olsen's voice, filled the wide and circling stages to behold the maiden's choice.
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Royal guests and princely suitors came in pomp of wealth and pride, carwon chieftains
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and mailed warriors came to win the beauteous pride noticed on the festive city.
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The enclosed the level ground many a dome and stately palace, cunning builders built
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around and by moat and walls surround it. Pierced by gait and arched door
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by a canopy of splendor. Was the red field covered over Now the fairstep
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trumpets sounded, and the censor fragrance lent sprinkled chundons spread its coolness. Reds
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were hung of sweetest des scent. All around were swan white mansions, lofty
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domes and turrets, high like the pigs of white kailash, glaving through the
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azure sky, sparkling james. The chambers lighted golden nets, the windows laced
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spacious tairs so wide and lofty, where with beauteous carpets grazed, rich festoons
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and graceful garlands gently waved like streamers, gay and the swanlike silver mansions glinted
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in the light of day. Gates below were trounded. People far above the
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chambers lay with their lofty gilded turrets, like the peaks of himlay in these
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holes in pride and splendor dwelt each rich and royal guest, fired by mutual
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immolation, and incostly jewels dressed decked and perfumed. Set these rulers, mighty
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armed, rich in fame, lion monarch's nobleness, dant chiefs of pure and
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spotless name, pious to Mighty Brahma, and their subjects soap and stay,
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loved of all for noble actions, kind and virtuous in their sway. Now
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the festal day approach it like the heaving of the main, search the ranks
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of gathered nations over the wide and spacious plain. Pandu's sons in guise of
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Brahmans mix with Brahmin's worst in lore mark proud Rupert's wealth and splendor, gazing
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wondering ever more dane, Sir, charm the gathered people, singers sing,
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and actors play. Fifteen days of festive splendor, greet the concourse, rich
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and gay tree, the bread, sound, the drum and voice, the
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soun. Una brightly dawns the bridal day, fresh from morning's pure ablutions,
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comes to bride in garments, gay and her golden bridal garland carries on her
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graceful arm, softly sweetly steeps Dropody, queen of every weaning charm. Den
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A Brahman fallsed in mantra. Ancient priest of lunar rays, lights the fire
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with pious offerings, seeks its blazings and its grace. Whispered words of benediction,
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saints and holy man repeats guns and trumpet's voices, Silent Hurst, the
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lofty war drum speed and de arraigns his solemn silence and in stately pomp and
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pride. Drupert's son leads forth his sister fair Pancharl's beauteous pride in his loud
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and lofty accents like the distant thunderous sound. Rupert's son his father's sushes.
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Thus broke claims to all around, mark dispow assembled monarchs, and the target
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hung and high through yon whirling Peer's discuss let. Five glistening arrows Fly,
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who's a born of noble lineage, hits the far suspended aim, let him
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stand and as his garden Trupert's beauteous maiden claim dan It haunts unto Dropody tells
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its prince and switters name, tells his race and loft to lineage, and
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his warlike deeds of fame. Four the suitters Brave, the Leyden and his
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brothers, Princess of the kuruland Kern, proud and peerless archer, sister seek
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Thy noble hand and Gandh's warlike princess, Vulger's monarch, true and bold and
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the son of mighty Drona all be digged in James and gold. King and
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Prince from much A Kingdom graced his noble wedding feast. Monarchs from old distant
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regions north and south and west and east Tamrilipt and Kalinga on the eastern ocean
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wave put in sport, whose hearty children Western Ocean's dangerous brave from the distant
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land of Madra Carbone monarchs Selia came, and from the worker's sea god regions
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Valdeb known to fame Valdev and his brother Krishna sprung from Yedou's rays of the
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Britshni clan, descended soul of truth and righteous grace. This is mighty Jadrath,
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come from Sindhu's sounding shore, famed for warlike feats of valor, famed
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alike for sacred lore. This is fair Kocial's monarch, whose bright seeds are
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heralds seen from the stardy soil of Chady Sisupal peerless king. This is mighty
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jadassent come from far Muggat's land. These are other princely Suiteter's sister, eager
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for thy hand. All the wide arts are like rulers, seek to shoot
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the distant aim. Princess whoso hits the target chooses thine, that prince of
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fame dick to jewels, young and valiant, all a flame with soft desire,
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conscious of the world and valor. All the Sueters rose in ire,
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nobly, born of lofty presence, full of young arnelding pride, like the
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Tuskers, wild and loudly on Himalaya's wooded side. Each his rival marks as
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foreman as in field of deadly strife, its regards to fair dropody as his
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own his queenly wife on the gorgeous field, together by a maddening passion fired
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and the strife vestrove the bright gods when by whom's love inspired, and the
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gods in cloud bone chariots came to view the scenes so fair, bright adityas
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in their splendor maroots in the moving air, winged supernas scaly nagas, they
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vaishes, pure and high for their music, famed gundhervas faeravsarras of the sky.
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Vadadeb armed with ploucheer. Krishna, chief of Ryeteus fame with the other
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Yadu chieftains, stood that wondrous bridal came. Krishna marked the sons of Pandu,
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eager for the queenly bride like wild taskars for a lotus, like the
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fire that ashes hide, and they knew the warlike brothers in their holy Brahman
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guys pointed them to Baladeb, gazing with a glad surprise. But the other
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chiefs and monarchs, with their eyes upon the bride, marked nor new.
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The sons of Pandu, sitting speechless by dear side, and the long armed
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sons of Pandu, smitten by Condorpu's dart, looked on her with longing languor
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and with loving passioned heart. Bright models gaily crowding viewed the scene, surpassing
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fair, heavenly blosoms of descending with a perfume filled the air. Bright silely
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still cars in concourse sailed upon the cloudless sky, drumming flute and hop and
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tabor sounded deep and sounded high five trial of skill a prose. One by
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one, the sweeters marking steel the distant aim. Mighty monarchs, gallant princess,
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chiefs of proud and warlike fame, decked in golden crown and necklace,
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and inflamed by pride and love, stoutly strove the eager sweet viewing all the
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target above, strove to string the weapon vainly to unbending was the bow slightly
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bent rebounding quickly laid the gallant princess low strove. The handsome sweeters, vainly
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daked in jam and barnished gold raft of diadam and necklace fell its chief and
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warrior bold raft of golden crown and garland. Shamed and humbled in their pride,
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groaned the sweeters, in their anguish sought no more. Pancharle's bride,
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Opro's kern, peerless archer, proudest of the archer's he and he onent then
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strung the weapon. Fixed the arrows gallantly stood like Suria in his plundor,
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and like Agne in his flame. Pander's sons, in terror whispered, carn
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sure must hit the aim, but in proud and queenly accents, Jupet's queenly
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daughter, said monarchs Bornikshetrier Sootha's son, I will not wedd kurn hart At
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crimsoned forehead left, emprise almost done, left, the bow already circled,
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silent, gazed upon the sun approse Jade's halty monarch, mightiest of the monarchs
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he other kings had failed. Glorious Sizopal stood fort three, farming hard and
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fixed in purpose, banded of unbanding bow vainly for the boy bounding laid the
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hafty monarch low apros study Jadassunde far Margot's mighty chief halt Abou, and stood
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undaunted, tall and stately as a cleeve. But once more the boar bounded
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fell the monarch in his same left in haste Panchal's mansions for the region.
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Whence he came our prosla king of Margra, with his wondrous skill and mind,
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faltering on his needs, descending fell instead in glorious plight. Thus each
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monarch fell and faltered. Mary who spurs went around, and the sound of
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stifful laughter circled round the festive ground. Six the disguised urgent hushed the merry
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sound of laughter hastes suitor in his shame urgent godlike sona Pitha from the ranks
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of Brahman's came GUIs dispressed, serene and holy fair as Indra's rainbow bright.
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All the Brahmins shook their deer skins cheered him in their heart's delight. Some
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there where its sad misgivings heard the sound of joyous cheer, and their minds
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were strangely anxious, whispered Mama Speck dear fear wondrous bow which sisupal my desilia
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could not strain jarasund famed for prowess, strove to and the string in vain
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canne Brahman, weak by nature and in warlike arms, untrained, wilt a
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bow which crowned monarchs long our chieftains have not strained share the Brahmin boy in
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folly. There's a foolish, thoughtless teeth shame amidst the strong of monarchs.
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Shall it be the Brahmin's mead, youth in youthful pride or madness? Will
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a fully semprized there sasor man should stop his rashness, and a brahmin's honor's
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pair shame he will not bring unto us. Other Brahmins made reply rather in
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this strong of monarchs, rich, renown and honor high like a tusker,
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strong and stately like Himalaya's touring crest, stands unmoved. The youthful Brahmin,
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ample shouldered deep in chest land like his gait, is agile and determine.
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This is air. Trust me he can do. Emprise who had lofty will
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to dare, he will do. The feat of valor will not bring disgrace
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and stain. Nor is task in all this wide art which a Brahmin tries
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in vain holy man subsist on wild fruits, in the strength of pan of
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strong spare in form in spirit. Might hear than the mightiest warlike charm asks
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not if it is right or foolish, when a Brahmin tries his faith,
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if it leads to woe or glory, fatal fall or fortune. Great son
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of Rizzi, Jamadaghmi waffled kings and chieftains high and Augustius stainless, Rishy drained
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the boundless ocean dry. Let this young and daring Brahman undertake the warlike deed.
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Let him try and by his prowess in the victor's noble mead. While
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the Brahmans deep revolving hopes and timid fares expressed by theboad. The youth Urgeon
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stood unmoved, like mountain crest, silent round a wondrous weapon tries the mighty
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warrior wind to the Lord of Gods is Sana, in a silent prayer.
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He bentned. Then the bow which gathered warriors vainly tried to bend and strain,
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and the monarchs of the wide art sought to string and wield in vain
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godlike Urgin, born of Indra, filled with Vishnu's matchless might, bent a
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wondrous bow of rupert fixed. The shining douts arrived through the disc. The
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signing arrows fly with strange and hissing sound, heat and pierced the distant target,
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bring it thundering on the ground. Shouts of joy and loud applauses did
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the mighty feet declare heavenly blossoms of descended. Heavenly music trilled the air,
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and the Brahmins shook their dear schemes, but each irritated chief in a lowly
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muttered whisper, spake his rising rays and grief sunk his note and voice of
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trumpet. Urgun's glorious deed, prolong birds and heralds chanted his praises in a
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proud and deathless song. Drupert in the Brahman's mantle knew the hero proud and
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brave against the rage of beaffeled suitors, sought the gallant prince to save with
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his twin born youngest brothers left Jidisty peaceful good we marked the gathering tempest,
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and by gallant Urgent stood like a queen. The beauteous maiden smiled upon the
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archer, brave, flung on him the bridal garland and the bridal robe.
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She gave Urgin by his skill and prayers. One Puncharl's princess bride. People
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shouts and Brahman's blessings sounded joyful far and wide. Seven the tumult spake the
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suitters anger shaken like a forest tempest torn as Bancho's courteous monarch came to greet
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a Brahman born. Shall he, like the grass of jungle trample us in
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hofty pride, trepratting prist and Brahman wed the proud and peerless bride to our
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hopes like nourisht sapling. Shall he now the fruit deny monarch proud who insults
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monarchs, she aw a traitor's that shall die honor for his rank we know
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not have no mercy for his age perish foe of crowned monarchs, victim to
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our righteous rage. Had he axed us to his palace, favored us with
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royal grace, visited us with princely bounty, But to compass our disgrace and
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dis conquers of great monarchs glorious like a heavenly band, doth he find no
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lee sweeter for his beauteous daughter's hand. And this right of cever sore sacred
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laws obtained is for wallecksha triars only priests, that customs shall not stain.
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If this maiden Honibrahman casts her eye devoid of shame, let her expee at
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her folly in a pyre of blazing flame, leaved a pristling in his folly,
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sinning tree brahmin's greed. For we wage no word Brahmins, and forgive
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a foolish deed much re war to holy Brahmins. For our realm and wealth
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and life blood of prist or wise preceptor shall not stain our noble strife in
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the blood of sinful drupet We the righteous laws maintain such disgrace. In future
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ages, monarchs shall not meet again. Speak the sweeters tiger heart, that
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iron handed, bold and strong, fiercely bent on blood and vengeans blindly rose
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the maddened tron On They came, the angry monarchs, armed for cruel,
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vengeful strife, drupert midst the holy Brahmans, trembling fled for fear of life.
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Like wild elephants of jungle, rushed the kings upon their foes. Calm
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and stately, stalwart viam and the gallant Urgin rose with a wilder rage.
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The monarchs viewed these brothers, crossed their path, rushed upon the daring warriors,
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for to slay them. In their red weaponless was noble, vem but
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in strength like Lightning's brand, tore a tree with peerless broils, shook it
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as a mighty end, and the full compelling warrior held the maze of living,
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ool, strong as death, with deadly weapon, Facing all his foes,
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he stood urgent two which godlike valor stood unmold, his bow in hand.
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Side by side, the dauntless brothers faced the fierce and fiery band eight
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Chrishna to the rescue. Krishna knew the sons of Pandu, though in robes
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of Brahman's dressed to his elder baldave. Thus his inner thoughts expressed marked at
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yelt with bow and arrow, and which lion's lordly gait. He is helmutwaring,
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urgent, greatest warrior meets the great mark his mate with three uprooted how
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hemits the sweeter band save the tiger rested wham none can claim such strength of
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hand, and the youth with eyes like Lotus, he who left the court
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ear while he is pious soldidistyr man without a sin or guile, and the
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others by idistir. Pando's twin born sons a day with his sons Darrighteasprita escaped
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where death and danger lay for the jealous, fierce do Ruthan darkly skimmed their
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death by fire, but the righteous son Sapandu escaped his unrelenting eye. Christna
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rose amidst the monarchs, strove the tumult to appease, and unto the angry
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suitors, spake in words of righteous peace. Monarchs bowed to Krishna's mandate,
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left Poncharles's festive Land urgent took the beauteous princess, gently laid her by the
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hand, and of Book two