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28. His younger brother was Yoge^wara, the feat of numerous 

 qualities, as the fori* of Sum itra 4 of R a m a . . . a 



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29. What fuperiority over other men is not recorded of that 

 righteous, magnanimous Ax ant a? His anceury had been repeatedly 

 termed pre-eminent ; he was of the \\\\i{Xnous> Brahmen tribe; he pe- 

 rufed the Veda, and pure S'ruta; his profperity imparted good ; his 'pro- 

 wefs was ever irre nibble in battle, and his fpeech pleafmg but fincere. 



30, In what affair was he, the faithful minifter of Cirtti varma, 

 not employed? His counfeilor in juft and important politics; his in- 



telligence in fecretan*! confidential matters . . . 



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• ...«. . the conqueror of foes . ; 



. . • • . the icie chief of heroes. 



31. If hepoffeffed the qualities of the firmament, if his under- 

 Handing was characterise of his race, and he was a ruler with appro- 

 priate duties, {till his eminence was inferior to that of his prince. This 

 chief continuing to give counfel, the monarch Cirtti varma. . , 



• * i . « » • . - . . by his fame, conduct, and wealth, t 



33. , . . . from the dancing of all the peacocks, who miftooi 

 for clouds, the volumes of fmoke J f weeping ttiem . . • . . In- 



3EA,a, portion of the 'facrifice . • his moral virtue was reckoned 

 abftraftcdly from his other qualities .».,.. 



* J.ACSHMAJfi, younger brother of Rama. 



+ The original vcrfe is vry obfeorc; and I am not certain it iscorreQly tranfiVed. 

 + Arifing from his faciiSccs : pescocks. are did 10 dance from joy during ouudy weather. See £he SicgJ>* 

 ®&ta with tiaafiatiora, 



