You sit there alone in the miserly shade of a _shimool,_ and the morning
wears on.
Tell me, for whom do you wait?
She looks in my face and says, "No one, no one at all!"
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KACHA AND DEVAYANI
KACHA AND DEVAYANI
_Young Kacha came from Paradise to learn the secret of immortality from a
Sage who taught the Titans, and whose daughter Devayani fell in love with
him._
KACHA
The time has come for me to take leave, Devayani; I have long sat at your
father's feet, but to-day he completed his teaching. Graciously allow me to
go back to the land of the Gods whence I came.
DEVAYANI
You have, as you desired, won that rare knowledge coveted by the Gods;--but
think, do you aspire after nothing further?
KACHA
Nothing.
DEVAYANI
Nothing at all! Dive into the bottom of your heart; does no timid wish lurk
there, fearful lest it be blighted?
KACHA
For me the sun of fulfilment has risen, and the stars have faded in its
light. I have mastered the knowledge which gives life.
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