 But they never sound vague or slovenly, for he had set himself the task of finding words that would be 'clear and dignified' and that would 'lead the listener into another world'".His settings of translations of Sanskrit texts included "Sita" (1899–1906), a three-act opera based on an episode in the "Ramayana" (which he eventually entered for a competition for English opera set by the Milan music publisher Tito Ricordi); "Savitri" (1908), a chamber opera based on a tale from the "Mahabharata"; four groups of "Hymns from the Rig Veda" (1908–14); and two texts originally by Kālidāsa