621—624. [The Panddxoa hear th a t Suyudana is . iri fhfe; .middle ^of the
river : delighted, they repair to the spot: | Bima calls him a dastardly goward
-fafeiidd
r She drew the dagger from its sheath of rest,
Inten,t to plunge. it in ie r hea^&h ’reEigJ; .
' Just then, as, if in pity to her grief, .
Hash’d ine red lightnihg to the maid’s relief^ 1'
And shew’d with horrid glare theblb$dy"way |
To where her husband’s mangled body lay^; i
604. Another flash, indulgent from the skies,
Points to .the spot where SdHa’f carriage liep„^jj
And Sdlia’s self, whom lining, she, adored,.
The bleeding body .of her murder’d lord.
The richest flowers by heavenly influence shed 1 -
Their sweetest odours* o’er his honoured head, p I
The muttering! thunder mourned .his early tqmb,
And heaven in showers bewailed, the hero’s doom
605. With eager grasp*the lirid corpse she press’d- ^
In frantic wildness to her: throbbing breast;
Tried every art of love that .mighE^itegupe-.- „k
Its sullen features to one-cheerful smiley , ^
Kiss’d those dear lips so late of coral red,
As if unconscious that the soul had fled;
Then in her folded arms'his head she rais’d,
And long on those .beloved features gazed.
With swi-juice his pallid lips she died,
And to his wounds its healing Balm applied;
While with the skirt of her embroidered vest,
She wip’d the blood-drops from his mangled breast.
606. “ Ah! then, my princely lordj I have found
« Bleeding and mangled on this cursed ground! 1
,.js£ Why are thy lips in sullen silence sealed
i j A To her who sought thBeon this battle field ?
ct «f, Wilt thou not speak-r-my love, my lord, myall*
• “ Or still in vain must S&tia R'bri pall!
Say,- shall, my copious tears in torrents flow
“ And thus, express my agony and woe ? ,
_ t How shall I move thee, by .what Art begfiile J 1
“ The ghastly air of that unmeaning smile ?”
607. Thus soft and tender were the words she poured,
, To move the pity of her murder’d lord;
But ah! no sound the unconscious dead return’d,
No fire of love within his bosom burn’d ;
afraid to die, and assures him-tfeat his-farm will readk. him, whithersoever
he. may betakerthifliiself» tobthe, lowest ;depth ofr^the earth or the highest
region of heaven. J
^ . £Suuuddna
While at each pWsë adeath-likgStiilifèss>stolë J!i:
O’er the deep anguish of the mourner’s soul.
“ And was it thus to bow thy honour’d head ,
“ Amid the thousands of the mingled dead,
“ That on that fataL morning tlmudidst.glide^f-l
B ’ffws'With gentleT&tetbps from/tKylpbnScirt’s'side?
r,. j 5‘ And thus to, reach thprglóïul<5jis psalms, above
, “ Without the faithfulpartifeyof -thylotëéi?)i\iv.
, . ■ Rut earth has lost its fleeting'-fehimns ifWsftêj, i
And, happy.-sn^it,
608. “ Oh! meet and bjsar mjSjÉJietv,that fatal stone,
‘ «temming and alonk» - :
# Though? Widadaris sKali obeythy-ciallj , ;
Yet keep for me a place above them all. * h.
-J | To whom buYme’dfeeS that first J^IabeJ belong*
“ Who sought and found thgej- g^d-^tds- ghastly- throng$ ■_
,1 , ,yf And who, unable tosmusye^y^dpOm,t m
^ * Thus sheds her blood' and Shares .thy honoured itomb?”
610. Then with a steady hand thë'noble- maid '■
Drew #*óm-its peaceful sheath the gleaming blade;Ï .
- WomReyf^. bosom. tore th’:embr,oidÈ|'edyest, . (
And plu^gedlit deep within 'her heaving’breast., .
Rich was the blood that issuc'd from the wound ,it
And streamed liquid gold * upon the ground.
611. And while the'ebbing tidë ofidife-remained’, ‘‘ 'i
And thought and reason were ;a: while sustained, . I
- She called l^er maiden with her'feeble breath,
-■ And thus address’d her'from thé arms'ofdëath.
612:i ® Oh! when my spirit soars fó realms above,
■p Take this my last reqüèst to those T'lóvé S ‘ ' *
Tell them to think óf 'Satia WatSs fate, ■1
, Si And oft the story of her love -rplate';
“ Then o’er her woes the tender heart shah sigh,.
“ And the big tear-drop roll from pity’s eye.”
61é. “ Ah my lov d mistress,” cried'the faithful maid,
“ In, every scenè.by thee I gladly staid.
Lk.'^P' Whate’er the state bf being thou must knoW>
Thy faithful maiden will partake i t too.
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