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Indra. He was the conqueror of the Danavas or daemons: When through the waves of war thy charger sprang, Each rock rebellowed, and each forest rang, The vanquish'd Asurs felt avenging pains .-- SIR W.JONES, Ode to Indra.] [Footnote 41: p.11.l.23.
_--in thy mind if thou couldst choose_. (At the close full stop misprinted for comma).
Varuna, the god of waters.
Schlegel and Rosen consider that a sloka, describing the attributes of Varuna, has been lost--that in this line 'varanam, seligendum' should be written instead of 'Varunam.' The Calcutta edition has the same reading, however, and the change is not necessary: if any alteration be made it should probably be in the first word, and 'Vriyatam' be read in place of 'Kriyatam.' WILSON.] [Footnote 42: p.14.l.1._Came the day of happy omen_.
The Indians, like all other Asiatic nations, have their fortunate and unfortunate days.
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