1876.] Prannath Pandit— Morals of Kdliddsa. 355 



" Like a young child with little hands outspread 

 " For fruit that glows above a giant's head.*" 



Eaghu, he informs us, appropriated the wealth of the Kambojas, but 

 not their pride, f The education of Kama and his brothers only increased 

 their natural modesty, as oblations of clarified butter magnify the sacrificial 

 fire. J Shatrughna bends his head in humility when the holy sages congra- 

 tulate him on his prowess in killing the demon Lavana.§ Youth, beauty, 

 and prosperity are each of them fountains of pride, but still the king 

 Atithi was humble of mind.|| The same monarch was abashed when the 

 praises which he justly deserved, were uttered before him.^f Another king 

 Fdriydtra shared the same virtue.** JBururavd, when complimented by 

 the king of Gandharhas on his valour in rescuing the nymph TJrvasi from 

 the profane hands of a vile demon, and thanked in Indra's name for 

 the same, modestly disclaims all personal merit : 



Fur. You rate the deed too high. Not mine the glory, 

 But his, the Thunderer's, from whom derived 

 The strength of those who conquer in his cause. 

 The very echo of the lion's roar, 

 As through the rocky rifts it spreads and deepens, 

 Appals the mighty elephant. ff 

 Justly might Chitraratha exclaim : 



'Tis well. 

 This modesty becomes your worth. Humility 

 Is ever found the ornament of valour. J J 



Self-control. — The third sub-division of Individual morality is self- 

 control, or the subjection of passion to reason. Kalidasa rightly conceived 

 that self-control has a moral value only when it has some temptation to 

 overcome. He reconciles the apparent inconsistency of Shiva's behaviour in 

 approving of Umd's ministering to his wants, such as they were, whilst 

 engaged in the performance of severe austerities, by the reflection that 

 they indeed are the really firm-minded whose equanimity is not disturbed 

 in the presence of a disturbing cause. §§ 



* Eaghu., I. 3. 



t Eaghu., IV. 70. 



t Eaghu., X. 79. 



§ Eaghu., XV. 27. 



II Eaghu., XVII. 43. 



f ^UTT: ^ fcj^f *SIHJ*fa *nm*£ I Raghu. XVII. 73. 

 ** Eaghu., XVIII. 17. 



ft Vicramorvashi, Act I. Wilson's Hindu Theatre, Vol. I., p. 204. 

 tt *?Uffl s I ^-f^cTT 1!*j f3W*M1?TC; I Vicramorvashi, Act I. 

 k\ Kumara Sambhava, I. 59. 





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