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The Ramayana

With joy the pride of Raghu's race Received the hermit's proffered grace, Mysterious arms, to check and stay, Or smite the foeman in the fray.†
Book 1 *

While thus spoke Ráma borne away By longing for the deadly fray, See! bursting from the altar came The sudden glory of the flame.†
Book 1

United, with the giants' aid, Their fierce attack the Titans made, And wildly raged for many a day That universe-astounding fray.†
Book 1

His axe upon his shoulder lay, His bow was ready for the fray, With thirsty arrows wont to fly Like Lightnings from the angry sky.†
Book 1

When thus the archer king was bound, With treacherous arts and oaths enwound, She to her bounteous lord subdued By blinding love, her speech renewed: "Remember, King, that long-past day Of Gods' and demons' battle fray.†
Book 2

And Bharat and Satrughna, they Who smite their foes in battle fray, Far in the realm of Kekaya stay, Where their maternal grandsire's care Keeps Rájagriha's city fair.†
Book 2

Thus, by his friends encompassed round, He spoke, and Ráma, far renowned, To his dear brother thus replied, Whom holy rites had purified: "O thou whom Queen Kaikeyí bare The best of kings, thy words are fair, Our royal father, when of yore He wed her, to her father swore The best of kingdoms to confer, A noble dowry meet for her; Then, grateful, on the deadly day Of heavenly Gods' and demons' fray, A future boon on her bestowed To whose sweet care his life he owed.†
Book 2

Stand, for it waits thee in the fray: With life thou ne'er shalt flee away."†
Book 3

Mayst thou, thus armed with shaft and bow, So dire a longing never know As, when no hatred prompts the fray, These giants of the wood to slay: For he who kills without offence Shall win but little glory thence.†
Book 3

What wretch attacked thee in the way, And quelled thee in victorious fray?†
Book 3

Soon as your matchless strength shall lay These brothers dead in battle fray, She in triumphant joy will laugh, And their hearts' blood delighted quaff."†
Book 3

Sent hither by the hermits' prayer With bow and darts unused to spare, For vengeance am I come to slay Your sinful band in battle fray.†
Book 3

There like a plant whence slowly come The trickling drops of oozy gum, With her grim features pale with pain She poured her tears in ceaseless rain, There routed Súrpa? akhá lay, And told her brother all, The issue of the bloody fray, Her giant champions' fall.†
Book 3

Still to their master's interest true, My faithful, noble, loyal crew, Though slaughtered in the bloody fray, Would yet their monarch's word obey.†
Book 3

Then met on high in bright array, With eyes that longed to see the fray, God and Gandharva, sage and saint, With beings pure from earthly taint.†
Book 3

Impetuous, cruel, dark, and dread, All thirsting for the fray, The hosts of giant warriors sped Onward upon their way.†
Book 3

For Lakshma? when the eye can trace A cloud upon the warrior's face Stealing the cheerful light away, His life is doomed in battle fray.†
Book 3

Let Ráma in the deadly fray The fiends who walk in darkness slay, As He who bears the discus(464) slew The chieftains of the Asur crew.†
Book 3

While Gods and saints in close array Held converse of the coming fray, The army of the fiends drew near With sight and sound that counselled fear.†
Book 3

The giant legions huge and strong, Like clouds the tempest drives along, Rushed upon Ráma with the speed Of whirling car, and mounted steed, And hill-like elephant, to slay The matchless prince in battle fray.†
Book 3

Of all who met on that fierce day, Khara, great chief, survived the fray, The monster of the triple head,(470) And Raghu's son, the foeman's dread.†
Book 3

And met his car and cried, to stay The giant from the purposed fray: "Mine be the charge: let me attack, And turn thee from the contest back.†
Book 3

This Ráma will I slay, or he In battle fray shall conquer me.†
Book 3 *

The Gods and saints in bright array Close gathered in the skies, The prince's might in battle-fray Beheld with joyful eyes.†
Book 3

What arms are his that he could smite In fray the rovers of the night, And Trisirás and Dúsha? lay Low on the earth, and Khara slay?†
Book 3

Those fearless warrior bands who roam Through Janasthán their forest home, In all their terrible array Met Ráma in the battle fray.†
Book 3

O giant King, the contest shun, Thy force is all too weak The lord of Kosál's mighty son In deadly fray to seek.†
Book 3

If thou, O King, hast still delight In rank and wealth and power and might, In noble wives, in troops of friends, In all that royal state attends, I warn thee, cast not all away, Nor challenge Ráma to the fray.†
Book 3

And valiant Lakshma? dear to fame, His brother by a younger dame, Bold victor in the deadly fray, Would follow Ráma on his way.†
Book 3

Stay if thy courage let thee, stay And meet me in the battle fray, And thou shalt stain the earth with gore Falling as Khara fell before.†
Book 3

Stay, if thy heart allow thee, stay And meet me in the deadly fray.†
Book 3

In hell, in earth, or in the skies There is not, and there cannot rise A champion whose strong arm can slay Thy Ráma in the battle fray.†
Book 3

His bark coat round his form he drew And coiled his hermit braids anew, Like Rudra when he yearned to slay The demon Tripur(509) in the fray.†
Book 3

Let by my senseless pride astray I challenged Indra to the fray.†
Book 3

He burned his demon foe to slay, And rushed impetuous to the fray.†
Book 4

The demon's eye with rage grew red, And thus in furious tone he said: "If thou from fear or sloth decline To match thy strength in war with mine, Where shall I find a champion, say, To meet me burning for the fray?"†
Book 4

Go, if thy soul desire the fray; To Báli's city speed away, And that unconquered hero meet Whose fame is high for warlike feat."†
Book 4

Then Báli's soul with rage was fired, Queen Tára and the dames retired; And slowly, with a laugh of pride, The king of Vánars thus replied: "Me, fiend, thou deemest drunk with wine: Unless thy fear the fight decline, Come, meet me in the fray, and test The spirit of my valiant breast."†
Book 4

He spoke in wrath and high disdain; And, laying down his golden chain, Gift of his sire Mahendra, dared The demon, for the fray prepared; Seized by the horns the monster, vast As a huge hill, and held him fast, Then fiercely dragged him round and round, And, shouting, hurled him to the ground.†
Book 4

Thou shouldst have said, "I will not slay Thy foeman in the coming fray."†
Book 4

Strong-necked Sugríva led the way With Lakshma? mighty in the fray.†
Book 4

King Báli loves the fray too well To linger in his citadel, And, when he hears thy battle-shout, All wild for war will hasten out.†
Book 4

So fiercely, boldened for the fray, The offspring of the Lord of Day Sent forth his furious shout as loud As thunder from a labouring cloud, Or, where the gale blows fresh and free, The roaring of the troubled sea.†
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

Drive all thy fear and doubt away; I seek Sugríva in the fray His boisterous rage and pride to still, And tame the foe I would not kill.†
Book 4

Ah me, my lord, this lowly bed Where rest thy limbs and fallen head, Is the cold couch where smitten lay Thy foemen in the bloody fray.†
Book 4

My arm alone shall win the day From Ráva? met in single fray, Shall rob the robber of his life, And rescue Ráma's captive wife All trembling in her fear and woe.†
Book 4

áyus slain in mortal fray: The fall of Báli when the dart Of Ráma quivered in his heart: And, after toil and pain and care, Our misery and deep despair.†
Book 4

Then will he rouse in wrath, and lead His legions with the car and steed And elephants in long array, And seek me thirsty for the fray.†
Book 5

And all, unconquered in the fray, Our king Sugríva's word obey.†
Book 5

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(fray as in: into the fray)
a noisy fight, controversial debate, or other exciting situation that usually is not well organized

(frayed as in: frayed cloth)
showing wear with threads beginning to separate or hang loose

frayed in The Ramayana

frayed

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The Ramayana