_AEneidos_, lib. X.)" GORRESIO.

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_"To Raghu's son my chariot lend."_

"Analogous to this passage of the Ramayana, where Indra sends to Rama his
own chariot, his own charioteer, and his own arms, is the passage in the
AEneid where Venus descending from heaven brings celestial arms to her son
AEneas when he is about to enter the battle:

At Venus aethereos inter dea candida nimbos
Dona fereus aderat;{~HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS~}
{~HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS~}
Arma sub adversa posuit radiantia quercum.
Ille, deae donis et tanto laetus honore,
Expleri nequit, atque oculus per singula volvit,
Miraturque, interque manus et brachia versat
Terribilem cristis galeam flammasque vomentem,
Fatiferumque ensem, loricam ex aere rigentem.

(_AEneidos_, lib. VIII)" GORRESIO.

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_Agastya came and gently spake._

"The Muni or saint Agastya, author of several Vedic hymns, was celebrated
in Indo-Sanskrit tradition for having directed the first brahmanical
settlements in the southern regions of India; and the Mahabharata gives
him the credit of having subjected those countries, expelled the
Rakshases. and given security to the solitary ascetics, who were settled
there. Hence Agastya was regarded in ancient legend as the conqueror and
ruler of the southern country. This tradition refers to the earliest
migrations made by the Sanskrit Indians towards the south of India. To
Agastya are attributed many marvellous mythic deeds which adumbrate and
veil ancient events; some of which are alluded to here and there in the
Ramayana." GORRESIO.

The following is the literal translation of the Canto, text and
commentary, from the Calcutta edition:

Having found Rama weary with fighting and buried in deep thought, and
Ravan standing before him ready to engage in battle, the holy Agastya, who
had come to see the battle, approached Rama and spoke to him thus: "O
mighty Rama, listen to the old mystery by which thou wilt conquer all thy
foes in the battle. Having daily repeated the Adityahridaya (the delighter
of the mind of the Sun) the holy prayer which destroys all enemies (of him
who repeats it) gives victory, removes all sins, sorrows and distress,
increases life, and which is the blessing of all blessings, worship the
rising and splendid sun who is respected by both the Gods and demons, who
gives light to all bodies and who is the rich lord of all the worlds, (To
the question why this prayer claims so great revere