The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-14

Vedic Mantras. Rama sped it to IA.
cleaving or the breast OF Ravana; and
the arrow or magic returns to the ouver
Oh nun VINO despatched IT. Pot Ear
swallows his monkey adyors,rlo'
twenty ana thirty at mouthful; Law.
hundreds low at every stroke ana 80
wounds Hanuman and fells sna,,..
with mountain top. Squint L,ye a,,
Big Belly are slain by Sueriva .
Angada puts an end TO Great tY,,,.
while the monkeys roar with trims
1t is titanic hurry burly; and graz.
was the wisdom OF the ancient n,it.es
Tor he permitted seeming victories -
the bad awarding the ultimate ylc,os,'
to the good.
Once upon n time Buddha wa, ~
as hare and lived in n wood. He la,
three wise friends "A monkey. n ~,
ana an otter. On n fast dav tbo 80.
found some fish, the iackal Soma ,,,...
and the monkey some mangoos n.y.
hare grieved because no ono sooi..,'
gift Of food would care for tho IS
which was all he could give aud ,.,.
tuously resolved in such "A cnn,I,,o,I..
to surrender his own body Tho, 80,
throne OF Sakra in heaven rrev b,,.
it does when such wonderful thine, ,,t,
place on earth and Sakra, to tcs.' t,.
unusual virtue, visited earth as a rr,h'
man asking for food The proer..o,
gifts OF the otter. the IacIal and 49,
monkey were rejected. but tho b,,o,
oagerncss for immolation was ,r,u'
fed; he sprang into the bed If ho, ,,,,,
"as happy as royal famingn alrrb,'
ing in bed OF water lilies" Tho,
Sakra said
''wlse hare, let your virtue b., rro,,,,-..,
TO the end OF this world cycIc' T,L,,r
mountain, he squeezed II, and boIdin,. a.,
hare under his arm, he drew an outline VI
ture or him on the moon. using tho iyirc =,
tho mountain for his ink A.,
that IL why there Is now ha-. Z, h.
moon. nv
wonderful were tho adventures ,.
krishna; take him as q Charoctor IL,
fiction and admire his humanity tra
did things that any god could do I'm, n,
also did things that any human to,d
enough to conquer the couvcntiop.
might do. And 80 krishna. Nisbp, d,
his eighth incarnation, "A gentleman who
would be at home IN any time or china
or circumstances, krishna PLAYING with
mountains or his magic flute. v,rl,,pp
miracles OF mischief or restraining Ia,
senses in Soga, Is at Krishna's beat
when he steals the Cops clothes. The
Cops were the girls of Brai. wbose
grown women used 20 say: "Vvhy did
not the lord of Braj make flutes Of us.
to remain with him day and night"
The girls of BraJ Went to battle In thu
Jamna: they went To "A lonely place and
left their clothes on the bank But not
so lonely a place as they thought: Shrl
krishna pcrchcd in tree, watching his
cows ~ Craze. lie heard the girls songs.
came and looked. land a thought cana
into his mind; he took the clothes and
climbed back with them into his ltadrnip
tree. When the Cops spied the god IN
the tree they said: There is he who
steals our hearts and our clothes. M In
tho kadamb tree" They were ASHAMED
and ran back into the water. beGc.rC
for their clothes. "By Mana" says
krishua. come get EN-
we will tell our men folks" said IN
effect the Gopi girls.
coast away shame" said Krishng aud
"they came out Of the water with down
cast looks"
Krishna gave them finally theT
clothes and went home ponderug ths
beauty Of the world But Il was tho
glory of the trees in his woodland walk
that he admired.
We do not care n pistareen for the
commentary by the Sister Niyodita, dis
ciple OF Swami Vivaknnanda. and Nv
Babu Coomaraswamy, but these myths
of old India are good telling of tales.