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me was my only joy; as the Brahman Gayanta' met death for his son's sake, 649
'So I, deprived of my religious son, will of myself deprive myself of life. So Manu, lord of all that lives, ever lamented for his son ; 650
'How much more I, a mortal man (ever-man), deprived of mine, must lose all rest! In old time the king Aga, loving his son, wandering thro' the mountains, 651
'Lost in thought (or deeply affected), ended life, and forthwith was born in heaven. And now I: cannot die! Thro' the long night fixed in this sad state, 652
With this great palace round me, thinking of my son, solitary and athirst as any hungry spirit (Preta); as one who, thirsty, holding water in his hand, but when he tries to drink lets all escape, 653
And so remains athirst till death ensues, and after death becomes a 'wandering ghost> ;-so I, in the extremity of thirst, through loss, possessed once of a son“, but now without a son, 654
Still live, and cannot end my days! But come! tell me at once where is my son ! let me not die athirst (for want of knowing this) and fall among the Pretas. 655
'In former days, at least, my will was strong and firm, difficult to move as the great earth; but now I've lost my son, my mind is dazed, as in old time the king " ten chariotso."' 656
1 The Sanskrit text gives Sangaya as the Brahman's name. ? Or, the son he loved. 3 Or, is born in the way (i.e. the class of famishing ghosts. • Obtaining a son, 'as (a thirsty man obtains) water. 6 That is, Dasaratha.
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| SR No. | 007676 |
| Book Title | Text of Confucianism Part 02 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | James Legge |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1882 |
| Total Pages | 2405 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 43 MB |