All 50 Uses of
impel
in
The Ramayana
- Impelled by fate and blind with rage He came to Ráma's hermitage.†
Book 1
- Each king, with suppliant hands upheld, Gazed on the other's face: And then by mutual love impelled Met in a close embrace.†
Book 1 *
- s dread commands impel Two demons who in might excel, Márícha and Suváhu hight, To trouble and impede the rite.†
Book 1
- While thus he spoke, by rage impelled Roaring as she came nigh, The fiend her course at Ráma held With huge arms tossed on high.†
Book 1
- They gained the tract 'twixt east and north Whose fame is ever blazoned forth,(189) And by a storm of rage impelled, Digging through earth their course they held.†
Book 1
- So far she spake by rage impelled, And then the queen deep silence held.†
Book 2
- She, trusting to the pledge she held, The youth's departure thus impelled: "'Tis well.†
Book 2
- He with his firm support upheld The queen, as near she drew, And, by maternal love impelled, Her arms around him threw.†
Book 2
- In turns by grief and pride impelled, A middle course of thought he held, Then in a frown of anger, bent His brows that chief most excellent, And like a serpent in his hole, Breathed fierce and fast in wrath of soul.†
Book 2
- ak's wild My heart at length is reconciled, For thee such earnest thoughts impel To follow, and with me to dwell.†
Book 2
- still his vigil held By unaffected love impelled, Guha, whose heart the sight distressed, With words like these the prince addressed: "Beloved youth, this pleasant bed Was brought for thee, for thee is spread; On this, my Prince, thine eyelids close, And heal fatigue with sweet repose.†
Book 2
- As thus the prince, impelled by zeal For his loved brother, prompt to feel Strong yearnings for the people's weal, His words of truth outspake, King Guha grieved to see his woe, Heart-stricken, gave his tears to flow, Tormented by the common blow, Sad, as a wounded snake.†
Book 2
- Then swift by vigorous arms impelled Her onward course the vessel held, And guided by the helmsman through The dashing waves of Gangá flew.†
Book 2
- On, on their course the envoys held By urgency of task impelled.†
Book 2
- As by fraternal love impelled His onward course the hero held, Sumantra followed close behind Satrughna with an anxious mind: Not Bharat's self more fain could be To look on Ráma's face than he.†
Book 2
- Impelled by warlike fury I Could cause e'en Death himself to die.†
Book 3
- The rovers of the night, impelled By fiery rage which naught withheld, Upon the unconquered prince, who strained His fearful bow, their arrows rained.†
Book 3
- Thus spoke the fiend, by rage impelled, And straight his course toward Ráma held.†
Book 3
- Then from the hand of Ráma, while Across his lips there came a smile, The twelfth, like thunderbolt impelled, Cut the great hand and bow it held.†
Book 3
- Impelled by furious anger, he Spoiled Nandan's(486) shade and Naliní, And Chaitraratha's heavenly grove, The haunts where Gods delight to rove.†
Book 3
- akhá bearing yet Each deeply printed trace Where the great-hearted chief had set A mark upon her face, Impelled by terror and desire, Still fierce, no longer bold, To Ráva?†
Book 3
- hears his brother's cry, Impelled by Sítá he will fly, Restless with eager love, to aid The hunter in the distant shade.†
Book 3
- With souls impelled by mean desire Thy foes against thy life conspire.†
Book 3
- But Dasaratha, led astray By woman's wile and passion's sway, By his strong love of her impelled, The consecrating rites withheld.†
Book 3
- The Gods this day shall see the force That wings my arrows on their course, And mark how far that course is held, By my unsparing wrath impelled.†
Book 3
- Thus as he spake by rage impelled, Red grew his eyes, his fierce lips swelled.†
Book 3
- See how the amorous creeper rings The wind-rocked trees to which she clings, As though a dame by love impelled With clasping arms her lover held.†
Book 4
- Sugríva hied Within the mountain's caverned side, Impelled by love that stirred each thought The precious tokens quickly brought, And said to Raghu's son: Behold This garment and these rings of gold.†
Book 4
- Sugríva's heart with rapture swelled, And thus, by eager love impelled, He spoke in gracious tone, that, oft Checked by his joy, was low and soft: "I, by my brother's might oppressed, By ceaseless woe and fear distressed, Mourning my consort far away, On Rishyamúka's mountain stray.†
Book 4
- His weeping wives he thrust aside, And forth, impelled by fury, hied; While, by my love and duty led, I followed where my brother sped.†
Book 4
- By pride of wondrous gifts impelled, And strength he deemed unparalleled, To Ocean, lord of stream and brook, Athirst for war, his way he took.†
Book 4
- He spoke, and from his ocean bed The righteous(567) monarch heaved his head, And gave, sedate, his calm reply To him whom fate impelled to die: "Not mine, not mine the power," he cried, "To cope with thee in battle tried; But listen to my voice, and seek The worthier foe of whom I speak.†
Book 4
- Impelled by pride and rage and hate, He thundered at Kishkindhá's gate; And with his bellowing, like the sound Of pealing drums, he shook the ground, He rent the earth and prostrate threw The trees that near the portal grew.†
Book 4
- Near and more near the chieftains came, Then, for intolerable shame, Not daring yet to lift his eyes, Sugríva spoke with burning sighs: "Thy matchless strength I first beheld, And dared my foe, by thee impelled.†
Book 4
- When Báli, long-armed chieftain, found Sugríva stationed on the ground, Impelled by warlike rage he braced His warrior garb about his waist, And with his mighty arm raised high Rushed at Sugríva with a cry.†
Book 4
- The never-failing shaft, impelled By the great bow which Ráma held, Brought bliss supreme, and lit the way To Brahmá's worlds which ne'er decay.†
Book 4
- s self: impelled by ire He seeks the city of my sire.†
Book 4
- dwells, Whom folly to his death impels.†
Book 4
- And by our foolish pride impelled Our way through realms of ether held.†
Book 4
- The smitten Vánar, rage-impelled, With fist upraised the monster felled: But quick repented, stirred with shame And pity for a vanquished dame, When with her senses troubled, weak With terror, thus she strove to speak: "O spare me thou whose arm is strong: O spare me, and forgive the wrong.†
Book 5
- A lover's humble words impel Her wayward spirit to rebel.†
Book 5
- Avindhva(865) prudent, just, and old, The giant's fall has oft foretold; But Fate impels him to despise His word on whom he most relies.†
Book 5
- Yet when I sought to bear thee hence I spoke the words of innocence, Impelled to set the captive free By friendship for thy lord and thee.†
Book 5
- They by no shame or fear withheld, By drunken mood and ire impelled, Used claws, and teeth, and hands, and beat The keeper under trampling feet.†
Book 5
- spoke, as fate impelled: "Better with foes thy dwelling make, Or house thee with the venomed snake, Than live with false familiar friends Who further still thy foeman's ends.†
Book 6
- s breast with fury swelled, And thus he spake by Death impelled, While, under brows in anger bent, Fierce glances from his eyes were sent: "The bitter words which thou, misled By friendly thought, hast fondly said, Which praise the foe and counsel fear, Unheeded fall upon mine ear.†
Book 6
- Forth, at the bidding of their lord From every gate the giants poured, As, when the waters rise and swell, Huge waves preceding waves impel.†
Book 6
- rage-impelled.†
Book 6
- Sugríva saw: by rage impelled He crushed the bow which Kumbha held.†
Book 6
- Near drew the rover of the night And raised his sword in act to smite; But, by his nobler heart impelled, One Rákshas lord his arm withheld: "Wilt thou, great Monarch," thus he cried, "Wilt thou, to heavenly Gods allied, Blot for all time thy glorious fame, The slayer of a gentle dame?†
Book 6
Definition:
to make someone feel they must do something