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PUBLISHER'S NOTE
 
alacrity, I have been able to accomplish
this long cherished ambition of mine so
soon. I have been fortunate too in getting
the active help and co-operation of my
dear old friend, the Rt. Hon. V. S. Srinivasa
Sastri, to whom I am indebted in many
ways right from the beginning of my publi-
shing and journalistic work. Apart from
making many valuable suggestions, he has
been good enough to go through the text and
translation carefully and also write a Fore-
word to the book. Nor can I forget to
pay a tribute to the learning and discern-
ment of Pandit A. M. Srinivasachariar for
his valuable help in the compilation of the
 
text.
 
I venture to hope that this popular edi-
tion of the great Indian Epic will find its
way to thousands of homes and also to all
schools and colleges.
 
February, 1935.
 
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G. A. NATESAN.