Hindu mythology, Vedic and Purânic . in battle met,So fiercely fought the demon crew,So wild a storm of arrows flew,That heavenly warriors, faint with pain,Sank smitten by the ceaseless , with herb and spell,Cured the sore wounds of those who fell,And, skilled in arts that heal and save,New life and sense and vigour , on the milky oceans shore,Still grow those herbs in boundless store ;Let swiftest Vanars thither speedAnd bring them for our utmost Panas and Sampati bring,For well the wondrous leaves they knowThat heal each wound and life side that sea,
Hindu mythology, Vedic and Purânic . in battle met,So fiercely fought the demon crew,So wild a storm of arrows flew,That heavenly warriors, faint with pain,Sank smitten by the ceaseless , with herb and spell,Cured the sore wounds of those who fell,And, skilled in arts that heal and save,New life and sense and vigour , on the milky oceans shore,Still grow those herbs in boundless store ;Let swiftest Vanars thither speedAnd bring them for our utmost Panas and Sampati bring,For well the wondrous leaves they knowThat heal each wound and life side that sea, which, churned of yore,The Amrit on its surface bore, Griffithss Ramayana, iv. 224. SUSHENA. 341 Where the white billows lash the land,• Chandras fair height and Drona by gods, each glittering steepLooks down upon the milky fleet Hanuman bring us thence,Those herbs of wondrous influence. * These plants were brought by Hanuman ; the wounded re-covered and fought with renewed vigour. Grimthss Ramayana/ v. n 42 CHAPTER IV. THE DEMIGODS OF THE MAHABHARATA. As these heroes are so intimately connected with each other, aseparate account of each would necessitate frequent repetition ;they will therefore be noticed together, in a brief outline of themain story of the Mahabharata.* In the fifth generation from Soma (the Moon), the progenitorof the Lunar race, who reigned at Hastinapur, came two sons,Puru f and Yadu ; from whom proceeded two branches of theLunar line. In the account of Krishna and Balarama, whowere born in the Yadu tribe, we have seen the end of thatbranch of the family. Sixteenth from Puru, the founder of theother branch, came Bharata, from whom India takes its name,Bharatvarsha (the country of Bharata), in the present from Bharata came Santanu. This Santanu hadtwo sons, Bhishma, by the goddess Ganga (the Ganges), andYichitravlrya, by Satyavati had a son named This account of the Mahabharata is taken in an abbr
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