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Canto III
Slökās 1 to 20: The early training of Kampana. His bodily
charm and qualities are also described. His marriage with
Ganga Devi and other princesses is mentioned.
1. The tonsure ceremony over, the prince be-
came proficient in all the arts and humanities without
any external help, and tuition by gurus in his case was
more or less a superfluity.
2. He was trained in military science by his own
father who had acquired its secret from an excellent
master. Thus tutored, he became a pastmaster in
wielding the bow and the sword and in the use of all
miraculous weapons.
3. He spoke the truth, had immense bodily
strength and was an expert in handling the bow. A
fine horseman and a master in sword-play, he
possessed all the accomplishments for each of which
were the Pandavas separately noted.
4. He now attained his youthhood which could be
described as the sporting lake of the elephant called
Manmatha, as the bunch of flowers called love, as the
moon-light for the çakōra birds called women's eyes.
5. His body shone distinctly in its full contours,
now that boyhood had entirely passed away and youth-
hood had asserted itself, even as the sun shines in his
total brilliance after the passing away of the dewy
season.
6. His walking was graceful and stately. It looked
as if the elephants dwelling in the mountain cave gave
Slökās 1 to 20: The early training of Kampana. His bodily
charm and qualities are also described. His marriage with
Ganga Devi and other princesses is mentioned.
1. The tonsure ceremony over, the prince be-
came proficient in all the arts and humanities without
any external help, and tuition by gurus in his case was
more or less a superfluity.
2. He was trained in military science by his own
father who had acquired its secret from an excellent
master. Thus tutored, he became a pastmaster in
wielding the bow and the sword and in the use of all
miraculous weapons.
3. He spoke the truth, had immense bodily
strength and was an expert in handling the bow. A
fine horseman and a master in sword-play, he
possessed all the accomplishments for each of which
were the Pandavas separately noted.
4. He now attained his youthhood which could be
described as the sporting lake of the elephant called
Manmatha, as the bunch of flowers called love, as the
moon-light for the çakōra birds called women's eyes.
5. His body shone distinctly in its full contours,
now that boyhood had entirely passed away and youth-
hood had asserted itself, even as the sun shines in his
total brilliance after the passing away of the dewy
season.
6. His walking was graceful and stately. It looked
as if the elephants dwelling in the mountain cave gave