625-^628’.| [Suyuddna comes out; o£-the water and assures Mima that tie
betook himself to the riverj'’not out of fear, but' for thetpurpoaé of making
adoration to the gods, challenging Bima-, or any othér’b f t\\e' Bdndétüai,to
combat. • Krêsna represents that Dérma-Wdngsa i s . too peaceable and
benevolent to fight against Suyuddna ; that Aijéna’s-forte consists in using
the bow mounted in a chariot ';' that NaMld and.Sèdéwa are too young- and
inexperienced, and that Bima is therefore' theafi;tfbsf'ofall the Pandawa
to oppbse jSuyuddna.'] ,
629—631. [Kab"asdnd is mfqrmed hy Nprada of, the Panddma and
Kurdwa forces beingj-eAgagfed; and withdraws1 “tb i’see *|h|i issue *pf H i
contest. Bima&rid Süyiicldnü gó arid make their'respects ’fodiim, and each
receives from him a chiaffmny®
632—639. [[Bima and Suyuddna figfitl Missing each other, they strike
and cut the earth, trees, and every thing abouiMlem, without being ablé
• to
“ What hand I S i S M i B j é ï ï h -ghall jiitmir,
« Or bathe the feet.of heF-whomdVadsre'?.’V
_ Strérig-m despair, and starting‘from tftè gr&un'cf^ '
" She drew" the dagger froWTÏér"'inistress’ wound,
Withdeadly aim shepluhgèd "it in her breast, -
And with her mistress sunk to endless rest. .
__ 618. Thehdid their happy Kpirits -wing'their way
To tKe'feif’regions of eternal day: 1 ■
The astonish'd; shade of S&lia 1 in gor'd: there > ■-1;
- Borne on the pinions of the, ambient air, j!
To bid fhe objéct 'of' his earthly love
An eager ivelgpme to [the realms above.
619. Then in his arms his lovely bride--hé ~b ot o- -
Up that resplendent path he trodw'efofdj-
Till eartS and time had vanished all away
• Amid thé splendours of e te rn a lly : •
Where fields, of light and silken mansions stand,
-- The glorious work of a celestial" hand. ,
620» Th’ enraptured princess, dazzled with the sight, S.
Gazeajo (ffifihe boundless-realms ofliving’light:
With heavenly fruit the eternal groves were crowned,’
And ;j;oy- and rich profusion ‘smiledjacound. ^
All Bóre the bloom of an immortal -youth, ,
All breathdAalifee tire air of -lMe aid tru th ;
And all adprijjg'one eternal mind;—-j. -
The Almighty, rich in bounty to mankind.
to hurt.each^feXfeM^They theu throw awa^tbeir weapons, and closing,
Soido^iy-are. theyfunitpd, that they seem to be one person and to
have one ' 1 . . .
, repeatedly [^striking his handJuop his left thigh,
r e im n d s ^ ^ jo f 'Suyiiddnrfs being-vulnei^ble in that particular place only.
Bhpta, recollecting the 'ciTcunjgtan.be, j3ei?es..his club, and /trikes Suyuddna
with ifeip his vulnerable part. *. Suyyddm falls, and expiring under the blow
isltraippled>uponsb y ;^ ^ l|w h o JkGontm,ties^^ insult and triutnph ovd him,
all' patieA((erwkh:his;;% le n t^ 5and ungenerous conduct, Kab'a-
sdnasewes Ifis spear^nAi^|^i,4ft'§lsy gfma^huz is withheld by Krestoa,
who saysrthat Bima is, not it,o.be blamed for such^just, Retaliation.]
jpj^Tf.pro end thq..Javan copies qfthisyvprk,; tRe^ifoll owing abstract is from
a copy p£ the Breda Yudha Kami presented'to, me- by ,thh M ^doi,B fili BaUlingin
Bdlii) vuaiosy, xisb' r • ’ .j,
y B 5^ .^ .e 6 7 .,^iSyyuddm .dead, and night coming gp> the Pandawaietue.
froWtbdjSfiene ofsbattle to the ^ c ity jif^ ^ « » knd.thfa^feast and rejpjfe,
op account of thek^victory. Satiated and-fatigued wifodheirTeyellihg, all
gJceott He done^ remains awake, pitying in,-, his own
rnjnd'.thp fate p^iSuyuddna, and recollecting with -fe^ipgs regret the
indi^iaUt andiUnkind manner in which!'hjg^was. tfe'^ed^by^^ff* With,
drpwipg’by, stealth;lChgngoes to the mountains,' and. wanders*abpilt oppres.
SvCdji'Vfitli ! i \ ‘ * ' v,
morning- the ff^ndStm mi§siipg Xresna^go in search of: him
hills. " Portentous: signs take'place.
A raven ctc&kSi tiibbl.oqddssuVsv from! its beak, it rains blood, and all the
^ild animals fight with eaidy other,]
H B I USIiext i m H B omens are^gon’e.]^ J I I ■ ■ I ■ ■
1 gyn* ’BQS: r-r y^&ws: arrives Jrom Astina o^Aswoatdma's .having entered the
cky by night, and and Pdrechdjmmdra
and,of alHhe mdntris having fled for fear. ' .Half. are inchned to give
credit to i® repprt, ^nd halibeiieye. that it must hav^' b l i t h e , spiri£ of
SaliaVt -fhe Panddwa- and find the, women .there, all m
tears* and bewailing the loss^of those w j^ h a i been^aurdeiedr during thq
night, jtnesna consoles them and reconej^M^%to'iWhab,has;happened.]
G g ^ l f l r , UfrSsna makes'^the Pandfm accompany him in search of
Aswatama, whom they find among.die hills-.]
3 :CS 2 [Bima