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P. 409. A. 7. S. 9.
Sutra 8th. aga not betraying (any feeling). serenity; quality of remaining unperturbed. Sutra 9 : compliance; acceptance.
etc. extending protection to our own men has no significance here. The word is used here simply to show that the hero is ever ready to protect others as he always protects his own men.
Verse 684 Eagle.
Verse 685 aaaa etc. my own person, my wife and my daughter-even these are at your disposal. Ask for the service of any of us. As to my external belongings (such as the house etc.) it matters very little. I do not regard them as valuble (ar etc.) Verse 686: : 8 etc. As to your liberality, it has reached the farthest limit of sincerity (fafa) in giving over the whole earth girt with the seven oceans. Verse 687 ब्रूत नूतनकूष्मांडफलानाम् etc. who are these persons who resemble the new fruits of i inasmuch as they consider the pointing with fingers as death itself. It is a superstitious belief in India that the pies do not thrive when they are pointed with fingers and counted.
धीरोदात्त, धीरललित, धीरशान्त and धीरोद्धत are four kinds of a hero in general. But when the poem treats of love then the hero is either
for or or 3, in every type of a hero. Each kind of a hero in daa, rafa etc. therefore, becomes fourfold and the number of the kinds of a hero, in matters of love, is sixteen.
Each of these kinds is defined below.
धीरोदात is गूढगर्व for he conceals his pride by an outwardly modest demeanour.
The type of a धीरोदात hero is राम.
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