Purananuru - Part 57
Whether they have learning or whether they have no learning at all,
in the eyes of those who sing of your glory, you are like Visnu! Maran,
praise for whom has the virtue of so often having come to be
the subject of description! I am going to tell you something!
When you conquer others' lands, let your men plunder the fields
where the heavy stalks of paddy bend down low, and let the fire
eat great vast cities! And should your long and glittering spear
that flashes like lightning across the sky show the wish
to kill enemies, well then let it kill! But do not cut down
so much as a single one of his sacred trees,
since they cannot serve even as hitching posts for your tall elephants!
in the eyes of those who sing of your glory, you are like Visnu! Maran,
praise for whom has the virtue of so often having come to be
the subject of description! I am going to tell you something!
When you conquer others' lands, let your men plunder the fields
where the heavy stalks of paddy bend down low, and let the fire
eat great vast cities! And should your long and glittering spear
that flashes like lightning across the sky show the wish
to kill enemies, well then let it kill! But do not cut down
so much as a single one of his sacred trees,
since they cannot serve even as hitching posts for your tall elephants!
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