All 50 Uses of
yield
in
The Ramayana
- All these the mighty saint will yield To Ráma's hand, to own and wield; And armed with these, beyond a doubt Shall Ráma put those fiends to rout.†
Book 1yield = give in, give way, or give up
- Here Siva's dart to thee I yield, And that which Vish? u wont to wield.
Book 1yield = give up (surrender), or give in
- She knew him in the saint's disguise, Lord Indra of the Thousand Eyes, But touched by love's unholy fire, She yielded to the God's desire.†
Book 1yielded = gave in, gave way, or gave up
- A boundless power 'tis thine to wield: To such a king thou shouldst not yield, Who, very mighty though he be,— So fierce thy strength,—must bow to thee.
Book 1yield = give up, give in, or give way
- Alone, unyielding to dismay, Though burnt by anguish night and day, Great Visvámitra's side he sought, Whose treasures were by penance bought.†
Book 1unyielding = strict, firm, or hard (not giving in, not giving way, or not giving up)standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unyielding means not and reverses the meaning of yielding. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- Long time he strove, but forced to yield Fled from his kingdom and the field.
Book 1yield = give in, give way, or give up
- All Dasaratha's sons, I ween, Own each young grace of form and mien: Brave as the Gods are they, nor yield To the great Lords the worlds who shield.†
Book 1
- Yield to despair, go mad, or die, Or sink within the rifted earth; Thy fell request will I deny, Thou shamer of thy royal birth.†
Book 2
- Now to preserve thy righteous fame, And yielding to my earnest claim— Thrice I repeat it—send thy child, Thy Ráma, to the forest wild.
Book 2yielding = giving in, giving up, or giving way (easily moved or soft)
- Thou must with love his rule obey To whom my father yields the sway.
Book 2yields = gives or produces
- Doubt not; the earth will yield me roots, These will I eat, and woodland fruits; And as with thee I wander there I will not bring thee grief or care.
Book 2yield = give
- He saw, as still he hurried through With steeds which swift as arrows flew, Hamlets and groves with blossoms fair, And fields which showed the tillers' care, While from the clustered dwellings near The words of peasants reached his ear: "Fie on our lord the king, whose soul Is yielded up to love's control!†
Book 2yielded up = produced or showed
- His lady's soothing words in part Relieved the monarch's aching heart, Who, wearied out by all his woes, Yielded to sleep and took repose.
Book 2yielded = gave in, gave way, or gave up
- Seek the blest home prepared for all The valiant who in battle fall, Who face the foe and scorn to yield, In glory dying on the field.
Book 2yield = give in, give way, or give up
- Thus sire and brother yield to thee This realm from all annoyance free: Rejoice thy lords: enjoy thine own: Anointed king, ascend the throne.†
Book 2
- Kausalyá, by her woe oppressed, The senseless Bharat's limbs caressed, As a fond cow in love and fear Caresses oft her youngling dear: Then yielding to her woe she said, Weeping and sore disquieted: "What torments, O my son, are these Of sudden pain or swift disease?"
Book 2yielding = giving in, giving up, or giving way (easily moved or soft)
- To Raghu's son he made reply: "O Ráma, I will yield an eye.†
Book 2yield = produce or give
- And Bharat gazing, overcome By sorrow for a while was dumb, Then, yielding to his woe, he ran To Ráma and with sobs began: "He who a royal seat should fill With subjects round to do his will, My elder brother,—see him here, With silvan creatures waiting near."
Book 2yielding = giving in, giving up, or giving way (easily moved or soft)
- This now, my lord, I yield to thee: Enjoy it, from all trouble free.†
Book 2yield = give in, give way, or give up
- My better thou in lore divine, My birth, my sense must yield to thine: While thou, my lord, art here to reign, How shall my hands the rule maintain?
Book 2yield = give in
- Long time he strove, but forced to yield Fled from his kingdom and the field.
Book 2yield = give in, give way, or give up
- With joy the prostrate monster heard Victorious Ráma's welcome word, And straight Kakutstha's son, the best Of men, in words like these addressed: "I yield, O chieftain, overthrown By might that vies with Indra's own."
Book 3yield = give up (surrender), or give in
- The Bráhman-slayers raised on high Their mighty spears and made reply: They spoke with eyes aglow with ire, While Ráma's burnt with vengeful tire, And answered thus, in fury wild, That peerless chief whose tones were mild: "Nay thou hast angered, overbold, Khara our lord, the mighty-souled, And for thy sin, in battle strife Shalt yield to us thy forfeit life.†
Book 3yield = give in, give way, or give up
- He drew his arrows forth, and reared And strained that bow which foemen feared, And yielded to the vengeful sway Of fierce desire that host to slay.
Book 3yielded = gave in, gave way, or gave up
- Then yielding to each deadly stroke, Forth spouting streams of blood and smoke, The headless trunk bedrenched with gore Fell to the ground and moved no more.
Book 3yielding = giving in, giving up, or giving way (easily moved or soft)
- Sky, stars, and constellations, all To his fierce might would yield and fall.†
Book 3yield = produce or give
- When, hopeful of the promised grace, My Ráma sought his father's face, The queen Kaikeyí, ill at ease, Spoke to my lord brief words like these: "Hear, son of Raghu, hear from me The words thy father says to thee: "I yield this day to Bharat's hand, Free from all foes, this ancient land.
Book 3yield = give up, give in, or give way
- Vaisrava? once, my brother, wrought To ire, encountered me and fought, But yielding to superior might Fled from his home in sore affright.
Book 3yielding = giving in, giving up, or giving way (easily moved or soft)
- "'Tis as I feared," he cried, and there, Yielding to pangs too great to bear, He sank by grief dismayed.
Book 3 *
- Soon as those accents reached her ear She yielded to her woe and fear, She wept o'ercome by grief, and cried, "Fly, Lakshma?†
Book 3yielded = gave in, gave way, or gave up
- Collect thy thoughts, O royal chief, Nor yield to unavailing grief.†
Book 3yield = give in, give way, or give up
- Cast not thy tender mood away, Nor yield to anger's mastering sway.†
Book 3
- Live blest amid the unyielding brave, And those who land in largess gave.†
Book 3unyielding = strict, firm, or hard (not giving in, not giving way, or not giving up)standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unyielding means not and reverses the meaning of yielding. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- Beseems not men like thee to wear A weak heart yielding to despair.
Book 4yielding = giving in, giving up, or giving way (easily moved or soft)
- And thus again his speech renewed: "All lands with Báli's glories ring, A valiant, strong, and mighty king; In conscious power unused to yield, A hero first in every field."
Book 4yield = give in, give way, or give up
- A heart so bold that will not yield, But yearns to tempt the desperate field, Such loud defiance, fiercely pressed, On no uncertain hope can rest.
Book 4
- Learn, trembler! that the valiant, they Who yield no step in battle fray, Will die a thousand deaths but ne'er An unavenged dishonour bear.
Book 4 *yield = give
- who had wandered through The copses where the berries grew, Returning to the cavern found His brother chief in sorrow drowned, And pitying the woes that broke The spirit of the hero spoke: "Why cast thy strength of soul away, And weakly yield to passion's sway?†
Book 4yield = give in, give way, or give up
- Those lords who yielding to the sway Of love's delight would fain delay, Urge hither with the utmost speed, Or with thee to my presence lead: And those who linger to the last Until ten days be come and passed, And dare their sovereign to defy, For their offence shall surely die.
Book 4yielding = giving in, giving up, or giving way (easily moved or soft)
- If, as a man of Bráhman kind, I speak the tongue by rules refined, The lady, yielding to her fears, Will think 'tis Ráva?
Book 5
- Dark as a cloud of autumn, dread Prahasta joined his palms and said: "Gandharvas, Gods, the hosts who dwell In heaven, in air, in earth, in hell, Have yielded to thy might, and how Shall two weak men oppose thee now?"
Book 6yielded = gave in, gave way, or gave up
- Soon shall her conquered heart relent And yield to love and blandishment.†
Book 6yield = give in, give way, or give up
- Not if the Gods in heaven who dwell, Gandharvas, and the fiends of hell In banded opposition rise Against me, will I yield my prize.
Book 6yield = give up, give in, or give way
- They led her to the garden, where Again she yielded to despair, Lamenting for the chiefs who bled On earth's cold bosom with the dead.†
Book 6yielded = gave in, gave way, or gave up
- Though never in the deadly field My Rákshas troops were known to yield, The bravest of the giant train Have fallen by the Vánars slain.
Book 6yield = give in, give way, or give up
- Ah, had the dame, as they implored, Been yielded to her injured lord, We had not mourned this day thy fall, And happy had it been for all.
Book 6yielded = gave in, gave way, or gave up
- Devoid of envy, firm, and sage, Whose tranquil soul ne'er yields to rage?†
Book 1
- Five captains of the host he slew, Seven sons of councillors o'erthrew; Crushed youthful Aksha on the field, Then to his captors chose to yield.†
Book 1
- The pleasing charm of that strange bowl, The touch of a tender limb, Over his yielding spirit stole And sweetly vanquished him.†
Book 1
- Soon as the saint's approach he knew, The king, to yield him honour due, Went forth to meet him with a band Of priests and nobles of the land: "Hail, Sage," he cried, "O joy to me!†
Book 1
Definitions:
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(1)
(yield as in: will yield valuable data) to produce (usually something wanted); or the thing or amount produced
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(2)
(yield as in: yield to pressure) to give in, give way, or give up
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)