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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

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.

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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