Crossing The Ganges. Bharad-vaja's Hermitage Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC AA DE AA FF GG AA CC EE G BB BB FF BB HI BB BB J KL MM NO BB GG BB PP QQ RR B SR BB BB MM BB TQ BB B HI MU L RR BB BB EE R BB IB| Morning dawned and far they wandered by their people loved and lost | A |
| Drove through grove and flowering woodland rippling rill and river crost | A |
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| Crossed the sacred Vedasruti on their still unending way | B |
| Crossed the deep and rapid Gumti where the herds of cattle stray | B |
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| All the toilsome day they travelled evening fell o'er wood and lea | C |
| And they came where sea like Ganga rolls in regal majesty | C |
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| 'Neath a fall Ingudi's shadow by the river's zephyrs blest | A |
| Second night of Rama's exile passed in sleep and gentle rest | A |
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| Morning dawned the royal chariot Rama would no further own | D |
| Sent Sumantra and the coursers back to fair Ayodhya's town | E |
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| Doffing then their royal garments Rama and his brother bold | A |
| Coats of bark and matted tresses wore like anchorites of old | A |
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| Guha chief of wild Nishadas boat and needed succour gave | F |
| And the princes and fair Sita ventured on the sacred wave | F |
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| And by royal Rama bidden strong Nishadas plied the oar | G |
| And the strong boat quickly bounding left fair Ganga's northern shore | G |
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| 'Goddess of the mighty Ganga ' so the pious Sits prayed | A |
| 'Exiled by his father's mandate Rama seeks the forest shade | A |
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| Ganga o'er the three worlds rolling bride and empress of the sea | C |
| And from BRAHMA'S sphere descended banished Sita bows to thee | C |
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| May my lord return in safety and a thousand fattened kine | E |
| Gold and gifts and gorgeous garments pure libations shall be thine | E |
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| And with flesh and corn I worship unseen dwellers on thy shore | G |
| May my lord return in safety fourteen years of exile o'er ' | - |
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| On the southern shore they journeyed through the long and weary day | B |
| Still through grove and flowering woodland held their long and weary way | B |
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| And they slayed the deer of jungle and they spread their rich repast | B |
| Third night of the princes' exile underneath a tree was past | B |
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| Morning dawned the soft eyed Sits wandered with the princes brave | F |
| To the spot where ruddy Gangs mingles with dark Jumna's wave | F |
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| And they crost the shady woodland verdant lawn and grassy mead | B |
| Till the sun was in its zenith Rama then to Lakshman said | B |
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| 'Yonder mark the famed Prayaga spot revered from age to age | H |
| And the line of smoke ascending speaks some rishi's hermitage | I |
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| There the waves of ruddy Gangs with the dark blue Jumna meet | B |
| And my ear the sea like voices of the mingling waters greet | B |
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| Mark the monarchs of the forest severed by the hermit's might | B |
| And the logs of wood and fuel for the sacrificial rite | B |
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| Mark the tall trees in their blossom and the peaceful shady grove | J |
| There the sages make their dwelling thither Lakshman let us rove ' | - |
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| Slowly came the exile wand'rers when the sun withdrew his rays | K |
| Where the vast and sea like rivers met in sisters' sweet embrace | L |
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| And the asram's peaceful dwellers bird of song and spotted deer | M |
| Quaked to see the princely strangers in their warlike garb appear | M |
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| Rama stepped with valiant Lakshman gentle Sits followed close | N |
| Till behind the screening foliage hermits' peaceful dwellings rose | O |
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| And they came to Bharad vaja anchorite and holy saint | B |
| Girt by true and faithful pupils on his sacred duty bent | B |
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| Famed for rites and lofty penance was the anchorite of yore | G |
| Blest with more than mortal vision deep in more than mortal tore | G |
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| And he sat beside the altar for the agni hotra rite | B |
| Rama spake in humble accents to the man of holy might | B |
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| 'We are sons of Dasa ratha and to thee our homage bring | P |
| With rny wife the saintly Sita daughter of Videha's king | P |
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| Exiled by my royal father in the wilderness I roam | Q |
| And my wife and faithful brother make the pathless woods their home | Q |
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| We would through these years of exile in some holy asram dwell | R |
| And our food shall be the wild fruit and our drink from crystal well | R |
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| We would practise pious penance still on sacred rites intent | B |
| Till our souls be filled with wisdom and our years of exile spent ' | - |
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| Pleased the ancient Bharad vaja heard the prince's humble tale | S |
| And with kind and courteous welcome royal strangers greeted well | R |
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| And he brought the milk and argya where the guests observant stood | B |
| Crystal water from the fountain berries from the darksome wood | B |
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| And a low and leafy cottage for their dwelling place assigned | B |
| As a host receives a stranger welcomed them with offerings kind | B |
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| In the asram's peaceful courtyard fearless browsed the jungle deer | M |
| All unharmed the bird of forest pecked the grain collected near | M |
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| And by holy men surrounded 'neath the trees' umbrageous shade | B |
| In his pure and peaceful accents rishi Bharad vaja said | B |
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| Not unknown or unexpected princely strangers have ye come | T |
| I have heard of sinless Rama's causeless banishment from home | Q |
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| Welcome to a hermit's forest be this spot your place of rest | B |
| Where the meeting of the rivers makes our sacred asram blest | B |
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| Live amidst these peaceful woodlands still on sacred rites intent | B |
| Till your souls be filled with wisdom and your years of exile spent ' | - |
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| 'Gracious are thy accents rishi ' Rama answered thus the sage | H |
| 'But fair towns and peopled hamlets border on this hermitage | I |
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| And to see the banished Sita and to see us much I fear | M |
| Crowds of rustics oft will trespass on thy calm devotions here | U |
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| Far from towns and peopled hamlets grant us rishi in thy grace | L |
| Some wild spot where hid in jungle we may pass these years in peace ' | - |
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| 'Twenty miles from this Prayagya ' spake the rishi pond'ring well | R |
| 'Is a lonely hill and jungle where some ancient hermits dwell | R |
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| Chitra kuta Peak of Beauty where the forest creatures stray | B |
| And in every bush and thicket herds of lightsome monkeys play | B |
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| Men who view its towering summit are on lofty thoughts inclined | B |
| Earthly pride nor earthly passions cloud their pure and peaceful mind | B |
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| Hoary headed ancient hermits hundred autumns who have done | E |
| By their faith and lofty penance heaven's eternal bliss have won | E |
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| Holy is the fair seclusion for thy purpose suited well | R |
| Or if still thy heart inclineth here in peace and comfort dwell ' | - |
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| Spake the rishi Bharad vaja and with every courteous rite | B |
| Cheered his guests with varied converse till the silent hours of night | B |
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| Fourth night of the princes' exile in Prayaga's hermitage | I |
| Passed the brothers and fair Sita honoured by Prayaga's Sacre | B |
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