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20. Finally, Ravana! in an image of fire a la Rama (see #18) "...seated upon a golden throne, radiant as the sun, & he looked like a purifying fire on a golden altar blazing with rich oblations." आसीनं सूर्यसङ्काशे काञ्चने परमासने | रुक्मवेदिगतं प्राज्यं ज्वलन्तमिव पावकम् ||
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21. Few villains are more admiringly described. "on his chariot that flew as desired, the Rakshasa overlord appeared like a thundercloud in the sky ringer with lightning and a flight of balāka cranes." कामगं रथमास्थाय शुशुभे राक्षसाधिपः विद्युन्मण्डलवान्मेघः सबलाक इवाम्बरे
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22. a theory of the Leviathan by Ravana अग्नेरिन्द्रस्य सोमस्य यमस्य वरुणस्य च औष्ण्यं तथा विक्रमं च सौम्यं दण्डं प्रसन्नताम् The power of kings...can take 5 forms: they can be as hot as Agni, as valorous as Indra, as mild as Soma, as punitive as Yama, as gracious as Varuna
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23. An older form of a more popular wisdom, by Maricha to his intransigent liege: 'But then, a man on the verge of his death (or destruction), his life breaths fading, will not heed his friends' beneficial advice." परेतकल्पा हि गतायुषो नरा हितं न गृह्णन्ति सुहृद्भिरीरितम् |
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24. On the abduction of Sita '..he advanced upon her who had been abandoned in the forest by both brothers, just as pitch darkness advances upon the twilight, when both the sun & moon have set.' तामाससादातिबलो भ्रातृभ्यां रहितां वने रहितां सूर्यचन्द्राभ्यां सन्ध्यामिव महत्तमः
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25. "...the consequences of wrongdoing do not manifest themselves immediately. Time is a factor in this, as in the ripening of grain." ननु सद्योऽविनीतस्य दृश्यते कर्मणः फलम् | कालोऽप्यङ्गी भवत्यत्र सस्यानाम् इव पक्तये
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26. 'The Lord of Lanka watched as Jatāyus fell to the ground, his blue-black body like a storm cloud, his chest pale, his noble power like a forest fire now extinguished. तं नीलजीमूतनिकाशकल्पं सुपाण्डुरोरस्कमुदारवीर्यम् | ददर्श लङ्काधिपतिः पृथिव्यां जटायुषं शान्तमिवाग्निदावम् ||
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perhaps, since painting/printing was done in Pune/Mumbai, the king of Ayodhya resembled more familiar archetypes of Marathi patriarchs... also, see the sarees of the women.
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