Book Iv. Canto Xxxvii. The Gathering Canto Xxxvii.: The Gathering. He ceased: and King Sugriva criedTo sage Hanmn 1 by his side: 'Summon the Vnar legions, thoseWho dwell about the Lord of Snows: Those who in Vindhyan groves delight, Kailsa's, or Mahendra's height, Dwell on the Five bright Peaks, or whereMandar's white summit cleaves the air: Wherever they are wandring free In highlands by the western sea, On that east hill whence springs the sun, Or where he sinks when day is done.Call the great chiefs whose legions till The forests of the Lotus Hill, 1bWhere every one in strength and size With the stupendous Anjan 2b vies. Call those, with tints ot burnished goldWhom Mahs'aila's caverns hold: Those who on Dhnira roam, or hide In the wild woods on Meru's side. Call those who, brilliant as the sun, On high Mahrun leap and run,Quaffing sweet juices that distil From odorous trees upon the hill,Call those whom tranquil haunts delight Where dwell the sage and anchoriteIn groves that through their wide extent Exhale a thousand blossoms' scent. Send out, send out: from coast to coastAssemble all the Vnar host: With force, with words, with gifts of price Compel, admonish and entice.Already envoys have been sent To warn them of their lord's intent.Let others urged by thee repeat My mandate that their steps be fleet.Those lords who yielding to the sway Of love's delight would fain delay, Urge hither with the utmost speed,Or with thee to my presence lead: And those who linger to the last Until ten days be come and passed, And dare their sovereign to defy. For their offence shall surely die. Thousands, yea millions, shall there be, Obedient to their king's decree, The lions of the Vnar race, Assembled from each distant place. Forth shall they haste like hills in size, Or mighty clouds that veil the skies,And swiftly speeding on their way Bring all our legions in array.' p. 369 He ceased: the son of Vyu 1 heard, Submissive to his sovereign's word;And sent his rapid envoys forth To east and west and south and north.They bent their airy course afar Along the paths of bird and star,And sped through ether farther yet Where Vishnu's splendid sphere is set. 2 By sea, on hill, by wood and lake They called to arms for Rma's sake,As each with terror in his breast Obeyed his awful king's behest. Three million Vnars, fierce and strong As Anjan's self, a wondrous throng.Sped from the spot where Rma still Gazed restless from the woody hill. Ten million others, brave and bold, With coats that shone like burning gold,Came flying from the mountain crest Where sinks the weary sun to rest. Impetuous from the northern skies, Wnere Mount Kailsa's summits rise, Ten hundred millions hasted, huedLike manes of lions, ne'er subdued: The dwellers on Himlaya's side, Whose food his roots and fruit supplied,With rangers of the Vindhyan chain And neighbours of the Milky Main. 3 Some from the palm groves where they fed,Some from the woods of betel sped: In countless numbers, fierce and brave, They came from mountain, lake, and cave. As on their way the Vnars went To rouse each distant armament,They chanced that wondrous tree to view That on Himlaya's summit grew.Of old upon that sacred height Was wrought Mahes'var's 4 glorious rite, Which every God in heaven beheld, And his glad heart with triumph swelled.There from pure seed at random sown Bright plants with luscious fruit had grown, And, sweet as Amrit to the taste, The summit of the mountain graced.Who once should eat the virtuous fruit That sprang from so divine a root,One whole revolving moon should be From every pang of hunger free.The Vnars culled the fruit they found Ripe on the sacrificial ground With rare celestial odours sweet, To lay them at Sugrva's feet.Those noble envoys scoured the land To summon every Vnar bandThen swiftly homeward at the head Of countless armaments they sped. They gathered by Kishkindh's wall. They thronged Sugrva's palace hall, And, richly laden, bare within That fruit of heavenly origin. Their gifts before their king they spread,And thus in tones of triumph said: 'Through every land our way we took To visit hill and wood and brook,And all thy hosts from east to west Flock hither at their lord's behest.'Sugrva with delighted look The present of his envoys took. Then bade them go, with gracious speech Rewarding and dismissing each.Footnotes 368:1 Vlmki and succeeding poets make the second vowel in this name long or Short at their pleasure. 368: 1b Some of the mountains here mentioned are fabulous and others it is impossible to identify. Sugrva means to include all the mountains of India from Kails the residence of the God Kuvera, regarded as one of the loftiest peaks of the Himlayas, to Mabendra in the extreme south, from the mountain in the east where the sun is said to rise to Astchal or the western mountain where he sets. The commentators give little assistance: that Mahs'aila, &c. are certain mountains is about all the information they give. 368: 2b One of the celestial elephants of the Gods who protect the four quarters and intermediate points of the compass. 369:1 Va'yu or the Wind was the father of Hanumn. 369:2 The path or station of Vishnu is the space between the seven Risbis or Ursa Major, and Dhruva or the polar star. 369:3 One of the seven seas which surround the earth in concentric circles. 369:4 The title of Mahes'var * or Mighty Lord is sometimes given to Indra, but more generally to S'iva whom it here denotes.
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