Ok. Let's go a little farther today in reading 'The Poem of the Killing of Meghnad' - 'an epic in blank verse' written by Michael Madhusudan Dutt - which has Ravan's warrior son Meghnad as the tragic protagonist. Important to mention, according to Madhusudan's inventive mind, Meghnad - the invincible Meghnad who could be killed only by a kausal (trick) - was killed by Rama's brother Lakshman in a temple, which violated Kshatriya war code.
"Meghnad instantly seized the divine sword - but he could not lift it. He pulled at the bow - it remained in Lakshman's hand. He angrily grasped the shield, but his efforts were useless..."
Maybe I am on the verge of finding in Meghnad another hero of mine like I did in the past in Homer's Achilles, Weiss' Auguste Rodin, Pushkin's Eugene Onegin, George Eliot's Maggie Tulliver, Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre and Kalidasa' Shakuntala.
Off to reading anyway. :)
(Excerpts from my diary, 15 January 2013)
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R
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"Meghnad instantly seized the divine sword - but he could not lift it. He pulled at the bow - it remained in Lakshman's hand. He angrily grasped the shield, but his efforts were useless..."
Maybe I am on the verge of finding in Meghnad another hero of mine like I did in the past in Homer's Achilles, Weiss' Auguste Rodin, Pushkin's Eugene Onegin, George Eliot's Maggie Tulliver, Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre and Kalidasa' Shakuntala.
Off to reading anyway. :)
(Excerpts from my diary, 15 January 2013)
~
R
Sent from BB
