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* How rapidly the Pais deb as flee, quitting their terrifick 

 forms. Alas ! the weakness of these beings.' 



He walks ahout, 



* The road, of this cemetery is involved in darkness. Here 

 is before me "the river that bounds it; and tremendous is 

 the roariui^ of the stream, breaking away the bank, while its 

 waters are embarrassed among the fragments of skulls, and its 

 shores resound horribly with the howling of shakals and the 

 cry of owls screeching amidst the contiguous woods. *" 



Behind the scenes. 



* Ah ! unpitying father, the person, whom thou wouldest 

 make the instrument of conciliating the king's mind, now 

 perishes.' 



jMa'd'h. listening xvUb anxiety.'] "I heard a sound pierc- 

 ing as the eagle's cry ; and penetrating my soul as a voice but 

 two well known. AJy heart feels rent within me; my limbs 

 fail ; 1 can scarcely stand. What means this f ?" 



* That pitious sound issued from the temple oFCa'ra'la'. 

 Is it not the resort of the wicked ? a place for such deeds* :* 

 Be it what it may; I will look.' 



He walks round. 



The scene opens ; a?ul discovers Cap x'l a c u n'd'a l a' and 

 Aghoraghanto, engagtd in ivorshipping the idol: 

 and Ma'lati dressed as u iHctim. 



Ma'l.] 'Ah unpitying father ! the person, whom thou 

 wouldest make the instrument of coacilliating the king's 



* Sardula 'vicrinita. [See Plate I). Fig. 5.] 

 t Maudacranta. [See Platk D. Fig. d.] 



X The Pracrit original of this pas a^e, though prose, is too beau- 

 tiful to be omitted. 



Ha iadada nicarun'a! eso dan'i n'arenda-chittarahobaaran'anj aofi 

 kibajjai". Ha amba sineharaaaliiae ! tuin api hadiisi debba diibbila- 

 sidena. Ha Maladimaa-jividc, mama callanasHhatiecca-suha-sa- 

 ila-bbabare, bhaavadi ! chirassa junabidasi ducc'hatu sinchena. Ha 

 pia sahi Lavang'ie ! sivina-avisara-meUadansana ahamde saiftbutta^.' 



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