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So universal 1 a monarch was he, that all the earth feared him. All 
men came and bowed their heads before him, no one dared to emulate him. 
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Ia bhau ad, Iabds U Icabilasa, K hailasa tinha niare pad. 2. UK ghani abardd, TJ uthi 
bhiimi, K uthai bhiimi, Is laga. 3. U tariwara uce sdbai suhdd, K taruari sabhai 
mile ohi jdi, I b bhai tasi chdha, Ic sitala chdha, TJ raini Tcai ae, K ho jaga chdha raini 
bhai ai. 4. Ia sohdwana. 5. TJ abu jamu chdha, K au asi chdha raini bha. 6. Ia 
jau sahi dwai ghdrnU, TJ panthilca cali dwai sahi. K panthilca pahucai sahi tcai ghdmd 
Ibsk, ghdmd, bisrdma,, TJ bisarai bhai suleha bisrdma, K bisarai chana Tcai bisrdma. 
7. Is K jinha walia, TJ jo pdwai waha chdha Ia so dhupd, Ic dulcha dhupd, Id tehi 
dhupa. 8. TJ asi abardi suhdwani, K asi abarai saghani ghani, Id pdrai, Is parahi 
9. Ic cahu disa, K phulahi pharahi chaau, TJ mdnahu. 
27. When a man approacheth this land, ’tis as it were lie ap- 
proacheth Kailasa the mount of heaven. Dense mango-groves lie on 
every side, rising from the earth to the very sky. Each tall tree exhaleth 
the odours of mount Malaya, 2 and the shade covereth the world as though 
it were the night. The shade is pleasant with its Malaya-breeze ; 
e’en in the fiery month of Jyaistha 3 ’tis cool amidst it. It is as though 
night comcth from that shade, and as though from it cometh the green- 
ness of the slcy. 4 When the wayfarer cometh thither, suffering from the 
heat, he forgetteth his trouble in his blissful rest, and whoso hath found 
this perfect shade, returncth ne’er again to bear the sun-rays. 
So many and so dense are these groves, that I cannot tell their 
end. The whole six seasons of the year 6 do they flower and fruit, as 
though it were always spring. 
1 Calckawai = Calcravarti. 
2 The Western Gliauts {ghats) famous for thoir growth of sandal trees. 
8 The hottest month in the year, May-June, with its pitiless burning blue- 
grey sky. 
4 This is an example of the rhetorical figure utprelesa, or poetical fancy, with 
the word expressing comparison omitted. The poet fancifully states that this shade 
is so dark, that from it is produced all night, wliilo the green shade of the sky is its 
reflection. 
6 Hindus divide the year into six seasons of two months each. 
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