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a streamlet to the ocean, or a crow to an eagle! so vast is the differ- 

 ence between him and thee. Be wise then and retire to thy Lanca 

 (363-384). 



She spoke but the giant looked furiously at the daughter ofJanaca, 

 and throwing off his guise, in his insojence, as love stirred his heart 

 he shook with eagerness and the gems that adorned his ten heads faded 

 away : then had love more power than his twenty arms ! he shone glori- 

 ous in gemmed panoply, as the flames of love lighted up his visage. 

 Dreadful was his form, and at the horrid sight as he advanced to her, 

 poor Sita fainted before him, she sunk down like a forest blossom before 

 the rushing gale. The five faced giant beheld her drowned in tears, and 

 with panting bosom and dishe velled tresses and broken garland while 

 her whole form shuddered with anguish. He instantly seized the lady 

 of the bright eyes, and. placed .'ier on his car ; driven by fate to bear with 

 him/zerwho was, to him, the '(goddess of death, this foe of the gods 

 sprung from earth, and hurried Ms steeds along the skyey road." 



We will now insert the original texc of a few lines in the English 

 character, to shew how far the poetical dialect deviates from Sanscrit 

 as well as from the colloquial Telugu, 



110 Anina Ramudu Sitayanan ambujamu 



Ganugoni, navvi, Laxmanu ciicbi, palike ; 



Cheliimpaa etlki Saumitri, inta 



Ila raxasula mayal edurune nannu 



mrigam aina coni vattu met'i raccasula 

 115 tegan esi pori buttu delasi I rent'i 



tempu mat Laxman'a dmi ven dagili 



campi charmarnu tech'i, Janaki — k ' ittu 



inni nall'acu s'elavu T corke ved'e 



Cbinna buttune— Sita cheppina seta 1 

 120 hitamativ ai puni T parna s'ala-n 



ativa emaracuralv ' ani-y-appaginchi 



yallana Ragbu-Ramud' anujuni cheta 



vill audi mo pet'ti verav oppa vedali 



yaga mrigambu muun arthi me conina 

 125 ya gaj asuva vairi anuj jennu mlri 



concucu poda marunguua poncbi ponchi 



gruncucu nantanta guda baiucunu 



xuagudi zucutSyunu mavuguna nflachi 



tagulucu dappanga tamacum andu^unu 

 130 villun ammula vesa vercbi clie patti 



yallana cbaranambul avani pain iducu 



cappudfi gac' undd zada gangonuca 



roppuna neppunu zuch'i d'agucunu 



tide cbere battedan ade cbera vachfin 

 135 ade lo badlyen a cani cbelanguounu. 



