410 ON SANSCKIT AND 



count of its excellence, admitted among the great po- 

 ems (Mahacavya), notwithstanding its brevity. 



[See Plate A. Fig. 7.] 



The stanzas, which contain alliteration, arc here co- 

 pied in Roman characters. 



18. Iha durad'hif^amaih 

 Cinchid cvagamaih 



Satataui uMitaram 

 Varn ayautvantarani. 



19. Annmi ativipinam 

 V6da digvyapinam 



Purusham iva param 

 Padraayoiiih pamra. 



20. Sulabhaih sada nayavaui 'yavaia 

 Nid'hi-guhyacad'hipa-ratiiaih paramaih 



Amuna d'hauaih cshitibhriia'tibhrita 

 Samatitya bhati jagati jagali. 



"* Then Ar JUNA, admiring the mountain in silent asto- 

 nishment, was respectfully addressed by his conductor, Cu- 

 VE ra's attendant: fur even loquacity is becoming in its 

 season.' 



" This mountain with its snowy peaks rending the cloudy 

 sky in a thousand places, is, when viewed, able to remove at 

 once the sins of man. An imperceptible something within it, 

 the wise ever demonstrate to exist by proofs diiBcultly appre- 

 hended. But Brahma alone thoroughly knows this vast and 

 inaccessible mountain, as he alone knows the supreme soul. 

 With its lakes overspread by the bloom of lotus, and oversha- 

 dowed by arbours of creeping plants whose foliage and blos- 

 soms are enchanting, the pleasing rcenery subdues the hearts 

 of women who maintained their steadiness of mind even in the 

 company of a lover. By this l.appy and well governed moun- 

 tain, the earth, filled with gems of easy acquisition and great 

 e:?cellence delightful to the god of riches, seems to surpass 

 both rival worlds *." 5. 1 6 — 20. 



• The first and fourth stanzas, in this quotation, are in the 

 Brutavilamh'ita uietre, and the |ifth in the Pramita cshard ; which 



