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"Vaisampayana continued, "Hearing these words of Bhishma, the king of Chedi could bear no more, He then replied in rage unto Bhishma in these words. 'Let our foes, O Bhishma, be endued with that prowess which this Kesava hath, whom thou like a professional chanter of hymns praisest, rising repeatedly from thy seat.
"Be still!" said he with modest voice, "good songs want to re-echo well; after good songs one should be long silent. Thus do all those present, the higher men. Thou, however, hast perhaps understood but little of my song? In thee there is little of the magic spirit. "Thou praisest me," replied the conscientious one, "in that thou separatest me from thyself; very well!
That personal beauty and youth and prosperity do not succeed in overwhelming thee is due to good luck. This favour done to thee is due to the kindness of the deities. Following them I applaud gift. Thou praisest penances and Vedic lore. Penances are sacred. Penances are the means by which one may acquire the Vedas and heaven also.
And having set all those apart for thee, I have speedily come hither. And all on a sudden, women have begun to praise me, saying, There is not in this world any other person like unto thee in beauty and dress! Hearing this, Bhima said, 'It is well that thou art handsome, and it is well thou praisest thyself. I think, however, that thou hadst never before this such pleasurable touch!
"Now reader," he concludes, "before I take leave of thee, let me advise thee to hold thy religion in the spirit, whether thou prayest, praisest or ministerest to others, ... which, that all God's people may do, is, and hath long been the earnest desire and fervent supplication of theirs and thy faithful friend in the Lord Jesus Christ, W. PENN." This is the last word of his writing which remains.
Passing over that foremost of bowmen that excellent of kings, Rukmin of great energy, why praisest thou Kesava?
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