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The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse

Canto XXX. The Mysterious Powers.166

Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition Valmiki and Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
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Pure, with glad cheer and joyful breast,
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Of those mysterious arms possessed,
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Ráma, now passing on his way,
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Thus to the saint began to say:
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“Lord of these mighty weapons, I
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Can scarce be harmed by Gods on high;
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Now, best of saints, I long to gain
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The powers that can these arms restrain.”
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Thus spoke the prince. The sage austere,
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True to his vows, from evil clear,
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Called forth the names of those great charms
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Whose powers restrain the deadly arms.
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“Receive thou True and Truly famed,
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And Bold and Fleet: the weapons named
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Warder and Progress, swift of pace,
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Averted-head and Drooping-face;
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The Seen, and that which Secret flies;
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The weapon of the thousand eyes;
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Ten-headed, and the Hundred-faced,
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Star-gazer and the Layer-waste:
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The Omen-bird, the Pure-from-spot,
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The pair that wake and slumber not:
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The Fiendish, that which shakes amain,
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The Strong-of-Hand, the Rich-in-Gain:
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The Guardian, and the Close-allied,
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The Gaper, Love, and Golden-side:
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O Raghu's son receive all these,
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Bright ones that wear what forms they please;
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Kriśáśva's mystic sons are they,
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And worthy thou their might to sway.”
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With joy the pride of Raghu's race
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Received the hermit's proffered grace,
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Mysterious arms, to check and stay,
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Or smite the foeman in the fray.
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Then, all with heavenly forms endued,
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Nigh came the wondrous multitude.
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Celestial in their bright attire
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Some shone like coals of burning fire;
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Some were like clouds of dusky smoke;
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And suppliant thus they sweetly spoke:

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The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse, Project Gutenberg eBook #24869

Canto XXIX. The Celestial Arms. Canto XXXI. The Perfect Hermitage.