1893.] G. A. Grierson — Analysis of the Padumd.u>ati. 19] 
1 alone am tlie dyke. Help it, for your own sakes, otherwise he will 
attack you all. As long as the dyke remaineth standing, it is well, but 
once it is breached, the flood cannot be stopped. The betel 1 is ready.’ 
(540). A similar message is sent by Ratna to the Hindu Rajas who are 
bound by feudal ties to the Emperor. They meet and approach the 
Emperor, saying, 1 Citaur is the mother of the Hindus, nor can we 
forget the relationship, even though it cause us peril. Ratna Sena is 
ready to sacrifice himsef, and he is the greatest King amongst the 
Hindus. Be friendly and forgive him, or else give us betel as a token that 
we may depart. Then will we go and die, that the name of our honour be 
not wiped out.’ The Emperor gives them leave to go, and three days’ 
law (541). Ratna Sena puts Citaur in battle array. The kings come 
and salute him. Enumeration of Raj ’put tribes. They are ready to 
fight to the death (542). The citadel is provisioned for a seven years’ 
siege. A strong moat is dug zig-zag round it. Range over range of 
cannon. The battlements crowded with warriors, &c. (543). 
The Emperor marches. Description of the effect of the cavalry 
and elephants (544). The cannon (545). Comparison of a cannon, 
with a lovely woman (546). The progress of the elephants (547). 
Further description of the progress of the elephants. The dust raised 
made the world dark as the Kajall forest, when Alexander went to it 
(548). The dust and consequent darkness (549). 
The army approaches Citaur. Ratna and his generals mount the 
battlements to see it, but its rear reaches so far as to be invisible. The 
Queen ascends to the roof of the palace, crying, < Lucky am I in having 
a king, against whom the Turks have had to raise such an army ’ (550). 
Ratna is undismayed at the sight. He and his friends prepare for a 
sally of cavalry (551). Description of Ratna’s steed (552), and of the 
royal elephants (553). The cavalry and elephants are ready for the 
fray. In front are the chariots, and in the rear are the death-flags, 
behind which there is no retreat. The army sallies forth (554). The 
two armies meet in conflict (555). 
CANTO XXXV. 
The Truce. 
Description of the elephants fighting (556). The hand-to-hand 
fight (557). The terrific combat. Delight of ghouls (558).* The 
Emperor urges on more soldiers to meet the ever-advancing Hindus 
1 Taken by a hero before going on a desperate fight. 
* Throughout the following the King and his army are compared to the moon, 
and the Emperor and his army to the sun. 
