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and the pathos that brings to life, to reality more realistic than it was, all the near ones and dear ones whose loss leaves an indelible mark on the human heart.
Foot-Notes
1. Utararāmacarita-3. 2. Reminiscerices, p. 240 3. Adhyayas 86 to 92, Calcutta Edition. 4. Adh. 87. $ For a similar idea vide in 'Hāmlet', the words of Hamlet about his father.
"So loving to my mother that he might beteem the winds of heaven, not to
visit her face so roughly !" 6 Actually in the description of the end of Krsna, the very words of Vyāsa aie
weeping; the description, extremely pathetic that it is, has a unique poetic
charm of its own. 7 In this connection, vide the words of Winternitz about the Striparva "Here
follows the lament of Gāndhari, which is one of the most beautiful parts of the whole epic, as a masterpiece of elegiac poetry, as well as for the clear descriptions of the battle-field. The whole scene becomes so much the niore impressive. owing to the fact that the poet does not himself tell the story, but let the aged mother of heroes recount what she sees with her own eyes." "History of Indian Literature Pt. one, p 370. Oriental Books Reprint Corporation, New Delhi-55,
