The Consecration Of Sugriva Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BC DD EE FF GG H II JJ KK LL MM NN CC B OO JJ PP QQ RR SS CC PP TT PP PP PP UU RR VW LL PP| Tears of love the tender Tara on her slaughtered hero shed | A |
| E'en Sugriva's bosom melted when he saw his brother dead | A |
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| And each Vanar chief and warrior maha matra lord and peer | B |
| Gathered round the sad Sugriva wet with unavailing tear | C |
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| And they girt the victor Rama and they praised his wond'rous might | D |
| As the heavenly rishis gather circling BRAHMA'S throne of light | D |
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| Hanuman of sun like radiance lofty as a hill of gold | E |
| Clasped his hands in due obeisance spake in accents calm and bold | E |
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| 'By thy prowess peerless Rama prince Sugriva is our lord | F |
| To his father's throne and empire to his father's town restored | F |
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| Cleansed b bath and fragrant unguents and in royal garments gay | G |
| He shall with his gold and garlands homage to the victor pay | G |
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| To the rock bound fair Kishkindha do thy friendly footsteps bend | H |
| And as monarch of the Vanars consecrate thy grateful friend ' | - |
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| 'Fourteen years ' so Rama answered 'by his father's stem command | I |
| In a city's sacred confines banished Rama may not stand | I |
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| Friend and comrade brave Sugriva enter thou the city wall | J |
| And assume the royal sceptre in thy father's royal hall | J |
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| Gallant Angad son of Bali is in regal duties trained | K |
| Ruling partner of thy empire be the valiant prince ordained | K |
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| Eldest son of eldest brother such the maxim that we own | L |
| Worthy of his father's kingdom doth ascend his father's throne | L |
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| Listen 'tis the month of Sravan now begins the yearly rain | M |
| In these months of wind and deluge thoughts of vengeful strife were vain | M |
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| Enter then thy royal city fair Kishkindha be thy home | N |
| With my ever faithful Lakshman let me in these mountains roam | N |
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| Spacious is yon rocky cavern fragrant with the mountain air | C |
| Bright with lily and with lotus watered by a streamlet fair | C |
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| Here we dwell till month of Kartik when the clouded sky will clear | B |
| And the time of war and vengeance on our foeman shall be near ' | - |
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| Bowing to the victor's mandate brave Sugriva marched in state | O |
| And the host of thronging Vanars entered by the city gate | O |
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| Prostrate chiefs with due obeisance rendered homage one and all | J |
| And Sugriva blessed his people stepped within the palace hall | J |
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| And they sprinkled sacred water from the vases jewel graced | P |
| And they waved the fan of chowri raised the sun shade silver laced | P |
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| And they spread the gold and jewel grain and herb and fragrant ghee | Q |
| Sapling twigs and bending branches blossoms from the flowering tree | Q |
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| Milk white garments gem bespangled and the Chandan's fragrant dye | R |
| Wreaths and spices snow white lilies lotus azure as the sky | R |
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| Jatarupa and Priyangu honey curd and holy oil | S |
| Costly sandals gilt and jewelled tiger skin the hunter's spoil | S |
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| Decked in gold and scented garlands robed in radiance rich and rare | C |
| Sweetly stepped around Sugriva sixteen maidens passing fair | C |
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| Priests received the royal bounty gift and garment gold belaced | P |
| And they lit the holy altar with the sacred mantra graced | P |
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| And they poured the sweet libation on the altar's lighted flame | T |
| And on throne of royal splendour placed the chief of royal fame | T |
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| On a high and open terrace with auspicious garlands graced | P |
| Facing eastward in his glory was the brave Sugriva placed | P |
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| Water from each holy river from each tirtha famed of old | P |
| From the broad and boundless ocean was arranged in jars of gold | P |
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| And from vase and horn of wild bull on their monarch and their lord | P |
| Holy consecrating water chiefs and loyal courtiers poured | P |
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| Gaya and the great Gavaksha Gandha madan proud and brave | U |
| Hanuman held up the vases Jambaman his succour gave | U |
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| And they laved the king Sugriva as Immortals in the sky | R |
| Consecrate the star eyed INDRA in his mansions bright and high | R |
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| And a shout of joy and triumph like the pealing voice of war | V |
| Spake Sugriva's consecration to the creatures near and far | W |
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| Duteous still to Rama's mandate as his first born and his own | L |
| King Sugriva named young Angad sharer of his royal throne | L |
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| Gay and bannered town Kishkindha hailed Sugriva's gracious word | P |
| Tender Tara wiped her tear drops bowing to a younger lord | P |
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