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Chapter - 2 Collection of Examples
He drank the muddy, warm waters of the rivers, and wandered in the summer heat, and he passed it through. || 59 || || Four-part stanza || Like demons, with thunderbolts, and fires with lightning faces, his heart was unshaken, even by those who shook the world. || 60 || With continuous, sharp, cold arrows, he was pierced, but he remained unmoved, even in his mind. || 61 || At every step, forests and rivers, with their uprooted trees, were difficult to cross, but he crossed them effortlessly, like a royal swan. || 62 || Attacking the muddy path, like a boar in play, seeking his friends, he wandered, and he passed even the rainy season. || 63 || || Four-part stanza || With scorching sun on his head, and hot sand on his feet, he endured, like one who has entered the midst of a group of fire arrows. || 64 || In clear water, and among water birds like swans, with an unwearied mind, he asked, "Where are you?" and thus he greeted his friends. || 65 || Passing through the midst of elephants, with their intoxicating scent, seven-leaved trees, and angry tusks, he entered the forest, like an elephant. || 66 || Driven by his friend, the wind, with its lotus-like fragrance, he passed through autumn, wandering like an autumn cloud. || 67 || || Four-part stanza || With the northern wind, like a brother, from the Himalayas, the waters of lakes and rivers were being carried away by the cold. || 68 || Even though the forest fire was burning everywhere, and the water lilies and lotus flowers were being consumed, he passed through the water. || 69 || With the cold-stricken Kiratas, and the forest fire burning, he passed through the winter, with his firm resolve. || 70 || || Three-part stanza || On the withered, old leaves, which bent the knees of the trees, he placed his feet without fear, even though scorpions were hidden there. || 71 || Like a skilled surgeon, with his sharp instruments, he was unmoved by the loud, piercing sounds of the awakened, five-headed, ear-piercing demons. || 72 || With only a taste of the fresh shoots, his stomach was full, and he passed through the cold, with the pain of his friend. || 73 || || Three-part stanza || Thus, wandering through the forest, in search of his son, one year passed for Mahendra Singh. || 74 || Having entered that forest, he stood for a while, and looked in all directions, like a messenger. || 75 || Then, he heard the noise of the karanda, the crane, the swan, and the sarasa birds, without being disturbed. || 76 || He was comforted by the wind, which carried the fragrance of lotuses, and he concluded, from his reasoning, that there must be a lake nearby. || 77 || With tears of joy, he confirmed the meeting with his friend, and he went towards the lake, like a royal swan. || 78 || As he went forward, he heard a song, in the Gandhara scale, sweet, like the sound of a flute, and the sound of a vina, like a deer. || 79 ||