All 10 Uses of
vaunted
in
The Ramayana
- This vaunted duty which can guide Thy steps from wisdom's path aside, And change the counsel of thy breast, O lofty-hearted, I detest.†
Book 2 *vaunted = extravagantly praised
- When armed with brace and glove I stand, And take my trusty bow in hand, Who then shall vaunt his might?†
Book 2vaunt = to extravagantly praise or boast
- Such were the words that Ráma said: Then Khara's eyes with wrath glowed red, Who, maddened by the rage that burned Within him, with a smile returned: "Thou Dasaratha's son, hast slain The meaner giants of my train: And canst thou idly vaunt thy might And claim the praise not thine by right?†
Book 3
- What hero, when the war-cry rings, Vaunts the high race from which he springs, Or seeks, when warriors meet and die, His own descent to glorify?†
Book 3vaunts = extravagantly praises or boasts
- Weakness and folly show confessed In every vaunt thou utterest, As when the flames fed high with grass Detect the simulating brass.†
Book 3vaunt = to extravagantly praise or boast
- When Ráma, pride of Raghu's race, Virtue's dear son, had cleft the mace, Thus with superior smile the best Of chiefs the furious fiend addressed: "Thou, worst of giant blood, at length Hast shown the utmost of thy strength, And forced by greater might to bow, Thy vaunting threats are idle now.†
Book 3vaunting = extravagantly praising or boasting
- Yea, idly mayst thou vaunt thee, till Sharp arrows winged with matchless skill From Ráma's bowstring, fleet and fierce As lightning's flame, thy body pierce.†
Book 6vaunt = to extravagantly praise or boast
- O, let me meet my foe at length, And strip him of his vaunted strength, Fierce as the sun who shines afar Stealing the light of every star.†
Book 6vaunted = extravagantly praised
- Prahasta sallies out vaunting that the fowls of the air shall eat their fill of Vánar flesh.†
Book 6vaunting = extravagantly praising or boasting
- A hero never vaunts in vain, Like bellowing clouds devoid of rain, Nor, Monarch, be thine ear inclined To counsellors of slavish kind, Who with mean arts their king mislead And mar each gallant plan and deed.†
Book 6vaunts = extravagantly praises or boasts
Definition:
extravagantly praised or boasted