1833.] A Legend of Himalaya—by Caliddsa. 355 
27. 
Though blest with a son, not on him did the sight 
Of th’ earth-bearing hill-monarch dwell with delight : 
For thus in the genial spring season, when flowers 
All various invite from its numberless bowers, 
The swarm of fond bees will there only, where grows 
The sweet mango-blossom, with pleasure repose. 
ax aa sfania 3 afraanedt 
wal Ha Ta ae aera YS fagqrar Tat: | WRU 
aazasfaaem sae aefagre: 
cfa wae Meat a Tafa ayfat i ve 
fagi wifsai a aageiage ae 
ufaga wa ater frqqeaaya tye i 
Blind darkness do they incur, who cherish ignorance (i. e. action without contem= 
plation). 
But greater darkness, as it were, than this do they incur, who delight in knowledge 
merely |Z]. 
For one thing, they say, is gained by (contemplative) knowledge, another by igno- 
rance (or action). 
Thus have we heard from wise men, who have so instructed us: 
‘He who knows how to pursue both, Anowledge and ignorance (thus defined) together, 
Having by ignorance passed over death, by knowledge obtains immortality. 
St. 27. The attachment of bees to the blossom of the mango, in Sanscrit =a 
‘or Seta (Chita or Amrita) is one of the common-places of Hind& poetry. Ste 
the songs of Jayadéva, as translated by Sir W. Jones, Works, vol. iv. p. 242, (8vo. 
edition). But a more elegant example of this cannot be found than what is fur- 
nished by C4lidésa himself in the 5th Act of his justly celebrated drama, the 
Sakuntala, where the following song from behind the scenes reminds King Dush- 
manta of his inconstancy to his first attachment. 
Pracrit text. Or in Sanscrit. 
afeuy asareargst = Abhinava-madhu-lébha-bhdwukas 
ae uicyias aaa Tava parichumbita-chita-manjarim 
aaecafeaapaaey Kamala-rasatimatra-nirvrité, 
asut fanfcafa W ae Madhukara! vismarishyasi nanu katham ? 
In-novi-mellis-cupidinem-conversus, 
Tui osculum-olim-expertum-Mangifere-surculum 
Loti-sapore-nimium-occupatus 
O mellifer! oblivisceris sane quomodo ? 
i. e. word for word. 
