{"id":550,"date":"2013-07-13T01:28:49","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=550"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:28:49","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:28:49","slug":"28-the-line-of-raghu-vol-08-translations-volume-08","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/01-works-of-sri-aurobindo\/01-sabcl\/08-translations-volume-08\/28-the-line-of-raghu-vol-08-translations-volume-08","title":{"rendered":"-28_The Line of Raghu.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tThe
\n\tLine of Raghu<\/span>*<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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\n\tF<\/b>or mastery
\n\tof word and sense I bow to the Pair close-wedded as word and sense, the
\n\tparents of the world, the Mountain’s child and the Mighty Lord.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tWide is the
\n\tgulf between the race born of the Sun and a mind thus scantily stored! I am
\n\tone that in his infatuation would cross in a raft the difficult ocean.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tDull of wit,
\n\tyet aspiring to poetic glory I shall expose myself to mockery like a dwarf
\n\twho in his greed lifts up his arms to a fruit meant only for the giant’s
\n\tgrasp.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tYet into the
\n\tstory of this race a door of speech has been made by the inspired minds of
\n\told and through which I can enter as a thread can pass through a gem which
\n\tthe diamond’s point has bored.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tTherefore
\n\tthis tale of the Raghus, the kings pure from
\n\ttheir birth, they who left not work till work’s fruit appeared, they who
\n\twere masters of earth to the ocean’s bound and their chariot journeyed even
\n\tto the heavens.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tEver
\n\taccording to the ordinance they offered to the sacrificial flames and
\n\thonoured ever the suppliant with his whole
\n\tdesire, they meted the punishment of the guilty by his offence, they were
\n\twakeful to the hour.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tThey
\n\tgathered riches only to give and spoke little that they might speak
\n\tnought but truth and conquered only for glory
\n\tand were house\u00adholders only to prolong the race.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tIn childhood
\n\tstudents of knowledge, in youth seekers after enjoyment, in old age pursuers
\n\tof the sage’s path and in their end left by Yoga their bodies,\u2014<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tThe tale of
\n\ttheir line I will tell though meagre my wealth
\n\tof speech, for 1 am impelled to this rashness by their virtues that have
\n\ttouched my ear.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tThe wise
\n\tshould lend ear to it who are cause that good is discerned from bad, for it
\n\tis by fire that the purity of gold is marked or else the darkness of its
\n\talloy.\u00b9<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t
\n\t(Incomplete)<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n


\n\t\t*<\/span><\/i> A translation of the
\n\tfirst ten verses from the Raghuvamsha<\/i><\/span> of
\n\t\tKalidasa<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\u00b9<\/font>dullness of hue.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tPage – 155<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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