War-god

But no need have we of those who shared not our toils of erst, what time the War-god, driving all before him, was rending the sails of our ship of state with his tempestuous blast.

Rhesus 2008

But no need have we of those who shared not our toils of erst, what time the War-god, driving all before him, was rending the sails of our ship of state with his tempestuous blast.

Rhesus 2008

Raghu_, the first eight cantos of _The Birth of the War-god_ -- were composed when he was in the prime of manhood.

Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works Kalidasa

My own preference is for _The Dynasty of Raghu_, yet there are passages in _The Birth of the War-god_ of a piercing beauty which the world can never let die.

Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works Kalidasa

The Hindus class it with _The Dynasty of Raghu_ and _The Birth of the War-god_ as a

Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works Kalidasa

Hindu critics class the poem with _The Dynasty of Raghu_ and _The Birth of the War-god_ as a _kavya_, or learned epic.

Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works Kalidasa

Dynasty of Raghu_ suggest that this epic was written before _The Birth of the War-god_, though the inference is far from certain.

Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works Kalidasa

If we compare _The Dynasty of Raghu_ with Kalidasa's other books, we find it inferior to _The Birth of the War-god_ in unity of plot, inferior to _Shakuntala_ in sustained interest, inferior to _The

Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works Kalidasa

If one of his epics, _The Birth of the War-god_, is distinctively Shivaistic, the other, _The Dynasty of

Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works Kalidasa

The War-god_ (cantos one to seven), by Ralph T.H. Griffith (second edition, 1879); of _The Cloud-Messenger_, by H.H. Wilson (1813).

Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works Kalidasa