CHAPTER XXVII. 



A DESCRIPTION OF ZINORE; 

 THE HINDOO TEMPLES AND SACRED GROVES ON THE BANKS OF 



THE NERBUDDA ; 



AN ACCOUNT OF THE NATIVE HINDOOS, AND PARTICULAR 



ANECDOTES OF A SINGULAR SECT OF BRAHMINS. 



1781. 



How sweet Nerbudda smiles, and glides 

 Luxuriant o'er her broad autumnal bed ! 

 Her waves perpetual verdure spread, 



Whilst health and plenty deck her golden sides ! 



Thy sacred fanes I often sought, 

 And verdant plains, by tepid breezes fann'd, 

 Where health extends her pinions bland ; 



Thy groves, where pious Valmic sat and thought ; 

 Where Vyasa pour'd the strain sublime, 

 That laughs at all-consuming Time, 



And Brahmins rapt, the lofty Veda sing ! 



Blest Nerbudda ! o'er cherish'd lands, 



To Brahma's grateful race endear'd, 

 Throws wide her fostering arms, and on her banks divine, 

 Sees temples, groves, and glittering towers, that in her crystal shine. 



Hymn to Ganga, altered. 



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