Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Part I History Literature &c. 1876

My love is inflamed as I speak of these mystic syllables as intimately connected as the universal soul and the soul of man ; twin brothers like Nara and Nartlyim preservers of the world redeemers of the elect ; bright jewels in the ears of beauteous Faith ; pure and beneficent as the sun and the moon ; like sweetness and contentment the inseparable attributes of ambrosia ; like the tortoise an [...] The story of Rime is a restinplace for the intellect a universal delight ; a destroyer of worldly impurity ; an antidote to the venom of passion ; a match to enkindle the fire of wisdom ; the cow of plety of this iron age ; flowers of ambrosia to make good men immortal ; stream of nectar on the face of the earth ; destroyer of death ; a snake to devour toad-like error ; befriending the good [...] The legend of Wiwi is like the delectable wishing-stone ; or as fair jewels to adorn Wisdom the saint's bride ; His perfection is the joy of the world conferring a state of virtue wealth and eternal salvation ; is a sainlinstructor in wisdom asceticism and spiritual contemplation ; like the physician of the gods to heal the fearful diseases of life ; the very parent of devotion to Sita [...] The united stream of the Manas-born Sarju and the Ganges purifies the pious listener while the various tales and episodes interspersed here and there are the groves and gardens on its oposite banks ; the description of the marriage and wedding procession of Uma and Siva are like the innumerable fish in the water ; the joy and glaness that attended Ráma's birth are like beautiful swarms of b [...] In winter' there is the marriage of Siva with the daughter of the snowy mountains ; in the dewy days the glad rejoicings at the Lord's birth ; the account of the preparations for Rama's wedding are for the delightful and auspicious spring ; RAina's intolerable banishment the story of his rough journeyings and exposure to the sun and 'wind are the hot-weather ; his encounters with fierce demons b