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Ho Master of the wondrous art	A
Instruct me in fair archery	B
And buy for aye a grateful heart	A
That will not grudge to give thy fee	B
Thus spoke a lad with kindling eyes	C
A hunter's low born son was he	B
To Dronacharjya great and wise	C
Who sat with princes round his knee	B
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Up Time's fair stream far back oh far	D
The great wise teacher must be sought	E
The Kurus had not yet in war	F
With the Pandava brethren fought	E
In peace at Dronacharjya's feet	G
Magic and archery they learned	H
A complex science which we meet	G
No more with ages past inurned	G
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And who art thou the teacher said	G
My science brave to learn so fain	I
Which many kings who wear the thread	G
Have asked to learn of me in vain	I
My name is Buttoo said the youth	J
A hunter's son I know not Fear	K
The teacher answered smiling smooth	L
Then know him from this time my dear	K
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Unseen the magic arrow came	M
Amidst the laughter and the scorn	N
Of royal youths like lightning flame	M
Sudden and sharp They blew the horn	N
As down upon the ground he fell	O
Not hurt but made a jest and game	M
He rose and waved a proud farewell	O
But cheek and brow grew red with shame	M
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And lo a single single tear	P
Dropped from his eyelash as he past	G
My place I gather is not here	Q
No matter what is rank or caste	G
In us is honour or disgrace	R
Not out of us 'twas thus he mused	G
The question is not wealth or place	R
But gifts well used or gifts abused	G
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And I shall do my best to gain	I
The science that man will not teach	S
For life is as a shadow vain	I
Until the utmost goal we reach	S
To which the soul points I shall try	T
To realize my waking dream	U
And what if I should chance to die	T
None miss one bubble from a stream	U
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So thinking on and on he went	G
Till he attained the forest's verge	V
The garish day was well nigh spent	G
Birds had already raised its dirge	V
Oh what a scene How sweet and calm	W
It soothed at once his wounded pride	G
And on his spirit shed a balm	W
That all its yearnings purified	G
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What glorious trees The sombre saul	X
On which the eye delights to rest	G
The betel nut a pillar tall	X
With feathery branches for a crest	G
The light leaved tamarind spreading wide	G
The pale faint scented bitter neem	W
The seemul gorgeous as a bride	G
With flowers that have the ruby's gleam	W
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The Indian fig's pavilion tent	G
In which whole armies might repose	Y
With here and there a little rent	G
The sunset's beauty to disclose	Y
The bamboo boughs that sway and swing	Z
'Neath bulbuls as the south wind blows	Y
The mangoe tope a close dark ring	Z
Home of the rooks and clamorous crows	Y
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The champac bok and South sea pine	A2
The nagessur with pendant flowers	B2
Like ear rings and the forest vine	A2
That clinging over all embowers	B2
The sirish famed in Sanscrit song	C2
Which rural maidens love to wear	P
The peepul giant like and strong	C2
The bramble with its matted hair	P
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All these and thousands thousands more	F
With helmet red or golden crown	D2
Or green tiara rose before	F
The youth in evening's shadows brown	D2
He passed into the forest there	P
New sights of wonder met his view	E2
A waving Pampas green and fair	P
All glistening with the evening dew	E2
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How vivid was the breast high grass	B2
Here waved in patches forest corn	N
Here intervened a deep morass	B2
Here arid spots of verdure shorn	N
Lay open rock or barren sand	G
And here again the trees arose	B2
Thick clustering a glorious band	G
Their tops still bright with sunset glows	B2
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Stirred in the breeze the crowding boughs	B2
And seemed to welcome him with signs	B2
Onwards and on till Buttoo's brows	B2
Are gemmed with pearls and day declines	B2
Then in a grassy open space	B2
He sits and leans against a tree	B
To let the wind blow on his face	B2
And look around him leisurely	B
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Herds and still herds of timid deer	K
Were feeding in the solitude	G
They knew not man and felt no fear	K
And heeded not his neighbourhood	G
Some young ones with large eyes and sweet	G
Came close and rubbed their foreheads smooth	L
Against his arms and licked his feet	G
As if they wished his cares to soothe	L
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They touch me he exclaimed with joy	F2
They have no pride of caste like men	G2
They shrink not from the hunter boy	F2
Should not my home be with them then	G2
Here in this forest let me dwell	O
With these companions innocent	G
And learn each science and each spell	O
All by myself in banishment	G
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A calm calm life and it shall be	B
Its own exceeding great reward	G
No thoughts to vex in all I see	B
No jeers to bear or disregard	G
All creatures and inanimate things	B2
Shall be my tutors I shall learn	H2
From beast and fish and bird with wings	B2
And rock and stream and tree and fern	H2
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With this resolve he soon began	I2
To build a hut of reeds and leaves	B2
And when that needful work was done	J2
He gathered in his store the sheaves	B2
Of forest corn and all the fruit	G
Date plum guava he could find	G
And every pleasant nut and root	G
By Providence for man designed	G
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A statue next of earth he made	G
An image of the teacher wise	B2
So deft he laid the light and shade	G
On figure forehead face and eyes	B2
That any one who chanced to view	E2
That image tall might soothly swear	P
If he great Dronacharjya knew	E2
The teacher in his flesh was there	P
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Then at the statue's feet he placed	G
A bow and arrows tipped with steel	K2
With wild flower garlands interlaced	G
And hailed the figure in his zeal	K2
As Master and his head he bowed	G
A pupil reverent from that hour	L2
Of one who late had disallowed	G
The claim in pride of place and power	L2
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By strain d sense by constant prayer	P
By steadfastness of heart and will	M2
By courage to confront and dare	P
All obstacles he conquered still	M2
A conscience clear a ready hand	G
Joined to a meek humility	B
Success must everywhere command	G
How could he fail who had all three	B
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And now by tests assured he knows	B2
His own God gifted wondrous might	G
Nothing to any man he owes	B2
Unaided he has won the fight	G
Equal to gods themselves above	N2
Wishmo and Drona for his worth	O2
His name he feels shall be with love	N2
Reckoned with great names of the earth	O2
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Yet lacks he not in reverence	B2
To Dronacharjya who declined	G
To teach him nay with e'en offence	B2
That well might wound a noble mind	G
Drove him away for in his heart	G
Meek placable and ever kind	G
Resentment had not any part	G
And Malice never was enshrined	G
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One evening on his work intent	G
Alone he practised Archery	B
When lo the bow proved false and sent	G
The arrow from its mark awry	T
Again he tried and failed again	G2
Why was it Hark A wild dog's bark	P2
An evil omen it was plain	I
Some evil on his path hung dark	P2
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Thus many times he tried and failed	G
And still that lean persistent dog	Q2
At distance like some spirit wailed	G
Safe in the cover of a fog	R2
His nerves unstrung with many a shout	G
He strove to frighten it away	S2
It would not go but roamed about	G
Howling as wolves howl for their prey	S2
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Worried and almost in a rage	T2
One magic shaft at last he sent	G
A sample of his science sage	T2
To quiet but the noises meant	G
Unerring to its goal it flew	E2
No death ensued no blood was dropped	G
But by the hush the young man knew	E2
At last that howling noise had stopped	G
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It happened on this very day	S2
That the Pandava princes came	W
With all the Kuru princes gay	S2
To beat the woods and hunt the game	W
Parted from others in the chase	B2
Arjuna brave the wild dog found	G
Stuck still the shaft but not a trace	B2
Of hurt though tongue and lip were bound	G
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Wonder of wonders Didst not thou	U2
O Dronacharjya promise me	B
Thy crown in time should deck my brow	U2
And I be first in archery	B
Lo here some other thou hast taught	G
A magic spell to all unknown	V2
Who has in secret from thee bought	G
The knowledge in this arrow shown	V2
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Indignant thus Arjuna spake	W2
To his great Master when they met	G
My word my honour is at stake	W2
Judge not Arjuna judge not yet	G
Come let us see the dog and straight	G
They followed up the creature's trace	B2
They found it in the selfsame state	G
Dumb yet unhurt near Buttoo's place	B2
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A hut a statue and a youth	J
In the dim forest what mean these	B2
They gazed in wonder for in sooth	J
The thing seemed full of mysteries	B2
Now who art thou that dar'st to raise	B2
Mine image in the wilderness	B2
Is it for worship and for praise	B2
What is thine object speak confess	B2
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Oh Master unto thee I came	W
To learn thy science Name or pelf	N2
I had not so was driven with shame	W
And here I learn all by myself	N2
But still as Master thee revere	K
For who so great in archery	B
Lo all my inspiration here	Q
And all my knowledge is from thee	B
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If I am Master now thou hast	G
Finished thy course give me my due	E2
Let all the past be dead and past	G
Henceforth be ties between us new	E2
All that I have O Master mine	A2
All I shall conquer by my skill	M2
Gladly shall I to thee resign	A2
Let me but know thy gracious will	M2
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Is it a promise Yea I swear	P
So long as I have breath and life	N2
To give thee all thou wilt Beware	P
Rash promise ever ends in strife	N2
Thou art my Master ask oh ask	X2
From thee my inspiration came	W
Thou canst not set too hard a task	X2
Nor aught refuse I free from blame	W
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If it be so Arjuna hear	Q
Arjuna and the youth were dumb	W
For thy sake loud I ask and clear	K
Give me O youth thy right hand thumb	W
I promised in my faithfulness	B2
No equal ever shall there be	B
To thee Arjuna and I press	B2
For this sad recompense for thee	B
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Glanced the sharp knife one moment high	N2
The severed thumb was on the sod	G
There was no tear in Buttoo's eye	N2
He left the matter with his God	G
For this said Dronacharjya Fame	W
Shall sound thy praise from sea to sea	B
And men shall ever link thy name	W
With Self help Truth and Modesty	B