All 49 Uses of
austere
in
The Ramayana
- Upon the ships thus decked a band Of young and lovely girls shall stand, Rich in each charm that wakes desire, And eyes that burn with amorous fire; Well skilled to sing, and play, and dance And ply their trade with smile and glance Let these, attired in hermits' dress, Betake them to the wilderness, And bring the boy of life austere A voluntary captive here."†
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- "My son," said he, "thus giants roam Where holy hermits are, And wander round their peaceful home Their rites austere to mar.†
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- I know the hero Ráma well In whom high thoughts and valour dwell; So does Vasish? ha, so do these Engaged in long austerities.†
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- But Saint Vasish? ha, wisest seer, Observant of his vows austere, Saw the whole world convulsed with dread, And thus unto the monarch said: "Thou, born of old Ikshváku's seed, Art Justice' self in mortal weed.†
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- 'Gainst Sthá? u's(155) self, on rites austere And vows intent,(156) they say, His bold rash hand he dared to rear, Though Sthá? u cried, Away!†
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- Childless was he, and free from crime In rites austere he passed his time.†
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- The sage austere, True to his vows, from evil clear, Called forth the names of those great charms Whose powers restrain the deadly arms.†
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- Thus spoke the prince of boundless might, And thus replied the anchorite: "Chief of the mighty arm, of yore Lord Vish? u whom the Gods adore, For holy thought and rites austere Of penance made his dwelling here.†
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- To him absorbed in tasks austere The child of Urmilá drew near, Sweet Somadá, the heavenly maid And lent the saint her pious aid.†
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- Long time the sister Umá passed In vows austere and rigid fast, And the king gave the devotee Immortal Rudra's(180) bride to be, Matching with that unequalled Lord His Umá through the worlds adored.†
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- Nor did he fail that saint to please With his devout austerities.†
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- To him, his child and worthy heir, The king resigned his kingdom's care, And on Himálaya's pleasant side His task austere of penance plied.†
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- Then on one wish, one thought intent, Planning the heavenly stream's descent, Leaving his ministers the care And burden of his state to bear, Dwelling in far Gokarna(194) he Engaged in long austerity.†
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- With trooping Gods the Sire came near The king who plied his task austere: "Blest Monarch, of a glorious race, Thy fervent rites have won my grace.†
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- Nor was she by the sages' peer, Blest with all virtues, most austere, Thy sire Dilípa, hither brought, Though with fierce prayers the boon he sought.†
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- The morning rites were done And the victorious Raghu's son Addressed the sage in words like these, Rich in his long austerities: "The night is past: the morn is clear; Told is the tale so good to hear: Now o'er that river let us go, Three-pathed, the best of all that flow.†
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- While yet she wrought her rites austere, Indra, unbidden, hastened near, With sweet observance tending her, A reverential minister.†
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- He took Ahalyá to his side, From sin and folly purified, And let his new-found consort bear In his austerities a share.†
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- Wise Visvámitra's tale was done: Then sainted Gautam's eldest son, Great Satánanda, far-renowned, Whom long austerities had crowned With glory—as the news he heard The down upon his body stirred,— Filled full of wonder at the sight Of Ráma, felt supreme delight.†
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- Say, Hermit, did that sire of mine Receive her with a soul benign, When long austerities in time Had cleansed her from the taint of crime?†
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- With him to guide thy way aright, This sage invincible in might, This Bráhman sage, most glorious-bright, By long austerities has wrought A wondrous deed, exceeding thought: Thou knowest well, O strong of arm, This sure defence from scathe and harm.†
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- Bright in their souls, like fire, were these, Made pure by long austerities, Bound by the rule of vows severe, And each in glory Brahmá's peer.†
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- This truth within my heart impressed, With senses ruled and tranquil breast My task austere will I begin, And Bráhmanhood will strive to win.†
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- A thousand years had passed away, When Brahmá, Sire whom all obey, Addressed in pleasant words like these Him rich in long austerities: "Thou by the penance, Kusik's son, A place 'mid royal saints hast won.†
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- Their answer when the arch-hermit heard, His tranquil eyes with rage were blurred; Great fury in his bosom woke, And thus unto the youths he spoke: "Me, blameless me they dare to blame, And disallow the righteous claim My fierce austerities have earned: To ashes be the sinners turned.†
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- My vows austere, so long endured, Have, as I ween, some fruit assured.†
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- To Pushkar's(241) wood where hermits rest, And there to rites austere apply, For not a grove with that can vie."†
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- There while the king enjoyed repose The captive Sunahsepha rose, And hasting to the water's side His uncle Visvámitra spied, With many a hermit 'neath the trees Engaged in stern austerities.†
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- O thou to whom the wretched flee, And find a saviour, Saint, in thee, Now let the king obtain his will, And me my length of days fulfil, That rites austere I too may share, May rise to heaven and rest me there.†
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- Pursued his task on Pushkar's shore Until a thousand years had past In fierce austerity and fast.†
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- The fairest of the fair Made for awhile her dwelling there, While day by day the wild delight Stayed vow austere and fervent rite There as the winsome charmer wove Her spells around him in the grove, And bound him in a golden chain, Five sweet years fled, and five again.†
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- Then Visvámitra woke to shame, And, fraught with anguish, memory came For quick he knew, with anger fired, That all the Immortals had conspired To lap his careless soul in ease, And mar his long austerities.†
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- Still northward to the distant side Of Kausikí(244), the hermit hide, And gave his life to penance there With rites austere most hard to bear.†
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- Then all the Blest, by Brahmá led, Approached the saint and sweetly said: "Hail, Bráhman Saint! for such thy place: Thy vows austere have won our grace.†
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- Ah me, ah me! with fruitless toil Of rites austere a child I sought: Thus seed cast forth on barren soil Still lifeless lies and comes to naught.†
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- In the wild wood when foes are near, When dangers check thy vows austere, Borne in my car will I attend, All danger and all care to end.†
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- By varied labours, long, severe, By many a prayer and rite austere, He, Dasaratha's cherished son, By Fortune stamped, from Heaven was won.†
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- When Bharadvája, saint austere, Saw good Vasish? ha drawing near, He cried, upspringing from his seat, "The grace-gift bring, my friend to greet."†
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- Thus by fraternal love inspired The chieftain of the saint inquired: Then thus replied the glorious seer Of matchless might, of vows austere: "Ere the fourth league from here be passed, Amid a forest wild and vast, Stands Chitrakú? a's mountain tall, Lovely with wood and waterfall.†
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- By crafty knaves these rules were framed, And to enforce men's gifts proclaimed: "Give, worship, lead a life austere, Keep lustral rites, quit pleasures here."†
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- Oblations, gifts men offer here, Vows, sacrifice, and rites austere, And Holy Writ, on truth depend: So men must still that truth defend.†
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- The rites austere I long maintained From Brahmá's grace the boon have gained To bear a charmed frame which ne'er Weapon or shaft may pierce or tear.†
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- Thus Ráma, Indra's peer in might, Addressed the aged anchorite: And he, with wisdom well endued, To Raghu's son his speech renewed: "Sutíksh? a's woodland home is near, A glorious saint of life austere, True to the path of duty; he With highest bliss will prosper thee.†
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- ? ak wood observing well The pleasant homes where hermits dwell,— Pure saints whose ordered souls adhere To penance rites and vows austere.†
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- ? akar? i wrought With power his rites austere had bought.†
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- Ten thousand years the giant spent On dire austerities intent, And of his heads an offering, laid Before the Self-existent, made.†
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- As his swift way the fiend pursued Pale chariots of the Gods he viewed, Bearing each lord whose rites austere Had raised him to the heavenly sphere.†
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- E'en royal saints, whose chief delight Was penance and austerest rite, At love's commandment have unbent, Beguiled by sweetest blandishment.†
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- Sugríva is a king austere, And Ráma's wrath we needs must fear.†
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Definition:
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(austere) a notable absence of luxury, comfort, or decoration
or:
of a person: stern in manner; or practicing great self-denial