A History of Sanskrit Literature c11.s2.5

c11.s2.5

‘“He is noble”, with these words he embraced him, tremors of joy betraying his emotion; he gazed on him with tear-filled eyes, following his every movement, and weighing his worth—the courtiers sighed in relief and gloomy were the faces of his kinsfolk—and said to him, “ Do thou protect all this earth ”.’