The RÁMÁYAN of VÁLMÍKI - Part 1 - 27

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Canto XXVII.The Birth Of Tádaká. When thus the sage without a peer Had closed that story strange to hear, Ráma again the saint addressed To set one lingering doubt at rest: “O holy man,'tis said by all That spirits'strength is weak and small: How can she match,of power so slight, A thousand elephants in might?” And Viśvámitra thus replied To Raghu's son the glorified: “Listen,and I will tell thee how She gained the strength that arms her now. A mighty spirit lived of yore; Suketu was the name he bore. Childless was he,and free from crime In rites austere he