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CHAPTER III
HANUMAT'S BIRTH AND VARUNA'S
SUBJECTION Now, here on Mt. Vaitādhya in the town Adityapura there was a king, named Prahlāda, and his wife, Ketumati. They had a son, Pavanañjaya, victorious like the wind because of his strength and manner of moving through the air..
Story of Pavanañjaya and Anjanasundarī (3-278).
Now in this same Bharata on Mt. Dantin near the ocean there was a Vidyādhara king, Mahendra, in the city Mahendra. By his wife Hrdayasundarī he had a daughter, Añjanasundari, besides a hundred sons, Arindama, et cetera. When she was grown and her father was thinking about a husband, the ministers described young Vidyādharas by the thousand. At Mahendra's instructions the ministers had accurate pictures made on canvas of each one and brought them and showed them to him. Among these one day the minister showed Mahendra the portrait of Vidyutprabha, the son of the Vidyadhara-lord, Hiraṇyābha, and his wife, Sumanas, and the handsome portrait of Pavanañjaya, the son of Prahlāda. The king said to the minister, “These two are handsome and well-born. Which one of them is the husband for the girl?" and the minister replied: "Vidyutprabha will attain emancipation at eighteen years of age. So the astrologers have already stated clearly, master. But Prahlāda's son, Pavanañjaya, will have a long life. So he is a suitable husband. Give Añjana. sundarī to him."
Just then all the Vidyādhara-kings and their retinues went with great magnificence to Nandīśvara for a festival. Prahlāda saw the girl and said to Mahendra, "Please give
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