Raghuvamsam: The Line of Raghu by Kalidasa

Author:Kalidasa [Kalidasa]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
ISBN: 9789385890963
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Published: 2016-04-09T18:30:00+00:00

The two, then touched their mothers’ feet

and, following that radiant hermit,

shone like Chaitra and Vaishakha,

the months when northwards moves the sun. 7

Their movements, with waving arms,

boyish, nimble, seemed to be

like the coming of the rains

when streams do more swiftly flow. 8

And as, with the knowledge he possessed,

the hermit did converse with them,

the two, who knew only jewelled ground,

felt they were still near their mothers. 9

Listening to the stories told

by this learned friend paternal,

Rama and his younger brother,

though used to moving in a chariot,

did not feel troubled by walking. 10

Lakes served them with tasty water,

birds with cooing sweet to hear,

breezes with fresh scent of flowers

and the clouds with giving shade. 11

Ascetics enjoyed the glimpses

of the two, however brief,

more than of waters bright with lotus blooms

or of trees providing rest,

as they neared a hermitage. 12

The charming Rama, bow in hand,

though he was in looks like Kama

whom Shiva had incinerated,

was not at all like him in deeds. 13

(7-13)

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