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Nala and Damayanti and Other Poems

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16; and extract from Harivansa, in LANGLOIS Monumens de l'Inde, p.

54.] [Footnote 8: p.3.l.9._Bhima, terrible in strength_.
Bhima-parakrama.

There is a play upon the words, Bhima meaning terrible.] [Footnote 9: p.3.l.11._Many a holy act, on offspring_.

He made offerings and performed penance, by which blessings were forced from the reluctant gods.

In India not only temporal, but eternal happiness, depends on having children.


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