Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-03-25
THE ENCNANTED LAKE.

Fyoys the 'Vana Parva of tss Mahdbhdrdtd," Page
So, Line Il, sos, Of the Calcutta Q''arto feIt.
1.-THE folio wing curious episode new for the nrst
Book of the Great Ssuakrit epic, aud is. perhaps;
chiefly remarkable for Anticipating the classical
fable of the Sphinx well as for containing prob
There are thirty-fsur in all OF these propounoed
by the 'YaI.ha," or Spirit OF the Lake, but some
OF them are hers omitted
Then Yudbisthira spaks to Nakula:
Thou Son Of Aadril climb upon tree,
And look TO all ten quarters if, by chance
Water be nigh, or plants which love the pool;
Thy brothers faint with thirst"
So Nakula
CloHb tall tree, and, looking, cried aloud,
Green leaves and water plants see, which love
The marsh and the pool also, hear
The cry of cranes; yonder will water lie
"Gol" said the King. ''and fetch for us to drink,
Filling thy culver"
Thea speed Nskula,
Obeyiug Y1ahisthira with swift feet,
Asd found crystal pool brmmed to the bank:
The great Ied-crested crane stalked on its na1ge.
BWae s Sl2t lssa you, ere thou hast
Ans Ters TO sucs things as ask of thse;
The law of this fair water stsnecth thus
Arise, ana hear, and speak; afterward drink,
And fill thy CULVER"
But the eager Prince
Being so parehed, quaffod deep, not needing him,
The YRksha of the place, and therouFon
Fell lifsless in the reeds.
So when they looked
To see him coming, and he tArr' ed long,
Again spake Yudhisthira: ''NskulS
fingers leo much, my brothersl-SahAdeyl
Go thou; and bring him back, and bring to drink"
81 60" quoth s.h,dee; and sou. ht tss pool,
And saw the water, ana saw Nakula
Prone oa tina earth. Then nightly he grieved,
Spying the Prince outstretchsd yet all so fierce
His drouth was; that he ran and nuzE him down,
SOUNDED beware to drink ere thou dost give
Answer to what things will ask thee;
OF ii the fair water: rise, and hear and speak;
Then thou shalt drink, and draw"
what teacheth division 'twixt spirit and frame
And which is tbs practice sssisteth the same?
wntt finally freeth the spirit2 And how
Doth it fRd a new beiDg2 Resolve me these now
Kiag.
"The Veds division plainly show;
By worship rightly man doth go;
Bhsrna the soul will surely free;
In truth its final rest shall be-"
Ydksha
"Hov couaeth a nan in the Veds to be wise?
What sringeth the knowledge of God to his eyes
| What learning shall teach him the uttermost lore
And whence will he win itH Reply to these four
King.
| "By hesri sg Scripture man acquires;
| By doing it his soul aspires;
| Which coneth of obedience"
Fdkshd.
"HoW Uendsth Brahman to heavenly rest?
Aud what is the work that beftted him best?
And which are the signs that disgrace him? ant
why
Doth he know himself humble and mortal? Be
King.
Reading the yedss Leads to rest;
Pure IN ditsIion nts hiA best;
! SANDER and cruelty defAms;
Aud Death Rarks him and all the sane"
| Ydksha.
| "Who is il that gifted with senses TO see,
| To hear, taste, smell, handle; and seeming TO b
| SsKscious strong, fortunate, abls and fair;
| Hath never once lived though he sreatheth tn
| air?"
King.
| 1.-THE man who having doth not give
| Out OF his treasure to these i've
| Gods, guests and Pitris, kin and friend;
Brsathes breath, but lives not, to LIES end:"
| YdEshG
what thing in the world weiEheth more than til
What thing, sOsth higher than white clouds ar
What thing aieth quicker than winds DER tn
| Insin7
| And what sroweth thicker than grass on the plain
| King.
| "a mothers heart outweishs the earth;
| A fathers fozdnsss gosth forth
| Beyond the sky; thought can outpass
| The winds; and wees grow more than grass"
| YsEshd.
Whose eyes are uRclosed, though he slumbeE q
| day?
And what's born alive with 7ut motioH7 and say
| What noveth, yet lives not? and what, as it goe
Wastes not but still waxes7 Resolve me mo-
King.
with uncloIed eyes q Esh doth sleep;
| And neW-laid eggs their place will keep;
Stones roll; and streams that seek the sea,
The more they flow the wider be"
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