Again,
May the Lord of Munis protect you! who, lost in reflection, and filled with transcendent knowledge, was seen to be utterly unmoved by Indra,[1] whose every hair was on end through astonishment; by the Siddhas,[2] their heads bent low in obeisance; by the nymphs, whose eyes quivered, as they alternately smiled, yawned, trembled, and frowned; by the heroes of Mára, dancing with harshly-beaten drums; and by Mára himself, who had drawn his bow to the full!
(At the conclusion of the benediction)—
Stage Manager.
Enough of this prolixity. To-day, at the feast of Indra, I was thus addressed by the company of kings, who have arrived from various countries, dependants on the lotus feet of the noble King Śrí-harsha-deva, after they had summoned me respectfully, "That play named Nágánanda, connected with the sovereign of the celestial choristers,[3] and adorned with a new arrangement of the incidents by our Lord, Śrí-harsha-deva, has been heard of by us through successive report, but has never been seen by us on the stage; therefore you should perform it to-day with suitable dramatic appliances, both
- ↑ In the Buddhist mythology, Indra is the king of the lowest heaven but one; Mára being located in the sixth or highest, and having more or less influence over all the beings beneath him.
- ↑ Siddha, a divine person of undefined attributes and character—a sort of demigod or spirit, inhabiting, together with the Vidyádharas, Munis, &c., the region between the earth and the sun.—See Wilson’s Dictionary.
- ↑ i.e. Vidyádharas.
