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Iskandar Weeps Before the Brahmans

Iskandar Weeps Before the Brahmans

From D5.24, Iskandar Questions the Brahmans. It illustrates D5.24.58–62:

  • D5.24.58
    Iskandar’s face grew pale to hear him speak,And yellow as the bloom of fenugreek.
  • D5.24.59
    His yellow cheeks were wet with tears of pain;His smiling face grew troubled by the strain.
  • D5.24.60
    The Shah then asked: “What would you have me do?What need have you that I can meet for you?
  • D5.24.61
    I shall not grudge my treasure for your sake,Nor shrink from any pains that I must take.”
  • D5.24.62
    One said: “Deliver us from age and death,To keep the vigor of our mortal breath.”

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