442- ON SANSCKIT AND 



EiCAMPLiis of the first of these mixed measures are 

 vefy common. One instance has been already exhibited 

 in a quotation from the 1st canto of Bha''ra''vi"s 

 poem of Arjuna and the mountaineer. The whole 

 tenth canto of the same poem, and the seventh of 

 Ma'gha's death of S'is'upa'la are in this mixtmetre. 

 The second is less common: but an instance occurs in 

 the 1 8th canto of the Ciratarjuniya. 



The close of the gth canto of Ca'lida'sa*s Raghu- 

 'vans'a, exhibiting a variety of metre, in which two of 

 the species now mentioned are included, is here cited 

 for the sake of these and of other species which have 

 been before described. The subject is Das'pat'ha's 

 hunt, in which he slew the hermit's son : a story well 

 known to the readers of the Rhumayana, 



[See Plate D. Fig. 1.] 



* Thus did the chase, like an artful mistress, allure the 

 king forgetful of all other business, and leaving lo his ministers 

 the burden of the slate, while his passion grew by indul- 

 gence. 



* The liing, without bis retinue, passed the night in some 

 sequestered spot, reposini; on a bed of leaves and blossoms, 

 and enlightened by tlie flame of wild herbs. At dawn, being 

 awakened by the flapping of his elephant's ears in place of the 

 royal drums, he delighted in listening to the sweet and auspi- 

 cious tones of chirpin<4 birds. 



* One day, pursuing an antelope, and outstriping his atten- 

 dants, he arrived, with his horse foaming with fatigue, on the 

 bank of 7'^/?jj5a a stream frequented by the devout. In its 

 waters a deep sound caused by the filling of a vase, was 

 mistaken by the king for the grumbling of an elephant; 

 and he directed an arrow towards the spot whence the sound 

 proceeded. By this forbidden act, * Das'rat'ha transgressed: 

 for even the wise, when blinded by passion, deviate into the 

 pathless waste. '* Ah father!" was the piteous cry which 

 issued : and the king, anxious, sought its cause among the 



• The royal and military tribe is prohibited from killing elephant? 

 less in battle. 



