Milton and the Indian Epic Tradition: A Study of Paradise Lost, the Ramayana, and the Mahabharata

accept Adam and Eve appears Arjuna Ayodhya beautiful becomes Bharata Bhishma bliss Book brothers characters comes considered deeds describes destroy dharma divine domestic Draupadi Duryodhana earth equally establish ethical evil experience expresses faith fall father feels fight figures finally flowers follow forces forest fruit Gita given gives glory God's gods hand happy heaven hero heroic historical human husband ideal Indian epics justice kill king knowledge Krishna live look Lord Mahabharata man's mankind marriage means Milton mind moral nature never Pandavas Paradise Lost person picture poem poet poetry political presents promise questions Rakshasas Rama and Sita Rama's Ramayana Ravana realizes reason refers relationship religious reveals sacred Satan says scene seems shows spiritual story suffering tells things thinks three epics tion tradition trees true truth understand universal Valmiki virtue Vishnu vision Vyasa whole wife wisdom Yudhisthira