As a favorable specimen of the florid description in which Hindoo imagination excels, we quote from the same epic,
THE DESCENT OF THE GANGES.
“From the high heaven burst Ganges forth, first on Siva’s lofty crown;
Headlong then, and prone to earth, thundering rushed the cataract down.
Swarms of bright-hued fish came dashing; turtles, dolphins, and in their mirth,
Fallen, or falling, glancing, flashing, to the many-gleaming earth;
And all the host of heaven came down, sprites and genii in amaze,
And each forsook his heavenly throne, upon that glorious scene to gaze.
On cars, like high-towered cities, seen, with elephants and coursers rode.
Or on soft-swinging palanquin lay wondering, each observant god.