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CONTENTS: The Indian Song of Songs-Hymn to Vishnu; Sarga the First-The Sports of Krishna; Sarga the Second-The Penitence of Krishna; Sarga the Third-Krishna troubled; Sarga the Fourth-Krishna cheered; Sarga the Fifth-The Longings of Krishna; Sarga the Sixth-Krishna made bolder; Sarga the Seventh-Krishna supposed false; Sarga the Eighth-The Rebuking of Krishna; Sarga the Ninth-The End of Krishna's Trial; Sarga the Tenth-Krishna in Paradise; Sarga the Eleventh-The Union of Radha and Krishna, Miscellaneous Oriental Poems-; The Rajpoot Wife; King Saladin; The Caliph's Draught; Hindoo Funeral Song; Song of the Serpent Charmers; Song of the Flour-Mill; Taza ba Taza; The Mussulman Paradise; Dedication of a Poem from the Sanskrit; The Rajah's Ride; Two Books From the "Iliad of India"; The Great Journey; The Entry into Heaven; The Night of Slaughter; The Morning Prayer; Proverbial Wisdom from the Shlokas of the Hitopadesa
CONTENTS: The Indian Song of Songs-Hymn to Vishnu; Sarga the First-The Sports of Krishna; Sarga the Second-The Penitence of Krishna; Sarga the Third-Krishna troubled; Sarga the Fourth-Krishna cheered; Sarga the Fifth-The Longings of Krishna; Sarga the Sixth-Krishna made bolder; Sarga the Seventh-Krishna supposed false; Sarga the Eighth-The Rebuking of Krishna; Sarga the Ninth-The End of Krishna's Trial; Sarga the Tenth-Krishna in Paradise; Sarga the Eleventh-The Union of Radha and Krishna, Miscellaneous Oriental Poems-; The Rajpoot Wife; King Saladin; The Caliph's Draught; Hindoo Funeral Song; Song of the Serpent Charmers; Song of the Flour-Mill; Taza ba Taza; The Mussulman Paradise; Dedication of a Poem from the Sanskrit; The Rajah's Ride; Two Books From the "Iliad of India"; The Great Journey; The Entry into Heaven; The Night of Slaughter; The Morning Prayer; Proverbial Wisdom from the Shlokas of the Hitopadesa
This famous and marvellous Sanskrit poem occurs as an episode of the Mahabharata, in the sixth--or "Bhishma"--Parva of the great Hindu epic. It enjoys immense popularity and authority in India, where it is reckoned as one of the "Five Jewels,"--pancharatnani--of Devanagiri literature. In plain but noble language it unfolds a philosophical system which remains to this day the prevailing Brahmanic belief, blending as it does the doctrines of Kapila, Patanjali, and the Vedas. Its scene is the level country between the Jumna and the Sarsooti rivers-now Kurnul and Jheend. Its simple plot consists of a dialogue held by Prince Arjuna, the brother of King Yudhisthira, with Krishna, the Supreme Deity, wearing the disguise of a charioteer. A great battle is impending between the armies of the Kauravas and Pandavas, and this conversation is maintained in a war-chariot drawn up between the opposing hosts.
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