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HANUMAT'S BIRTH AND VARUNA'S SUBJECTION 179 He came in his travel to that same forest, Bhūtavana, and was seen at a distance by Prahasita, tearful. Prahasita told Prahlāda and Pavanañjaya triumphantly that he (Pratisurya) was coming immediately with Añjanā. Then Pratisūrya and Añjanā got out of the car and bowed to Prahlāda at a distance, their heads touching the ground from devotion. Prahlāda embraced Pratisūrya, set his grandson on his lap, and said earnestly in a loud voice: “You alone have rescued me and my family who were drowning now in the ocean of disaster. You are a relative at the head of relatives. This daughter-in-law who had become a joint of the bamboo of my family, a means for the continuance of the branches, abandoned without fault (on her part), was well-rescued by you."
Pavana, delighted, the fire of grief having been extinguished, was turned away at once from the shore of disaster like the ocean. All the Vidyadhara-lords held a great festival, the moon to the ocean of joy, by the power of vidyās. Then all went joyfully to the city Hanuruha, making the sky composed of heavenly bodies, as it were, by their aerial cars. Mahendra also came there with Mānasavegā and Queen Ketumati and all the other relatives came. The lords of the Vidyādharas held a great festival, finer than former festivals, with mutual connections and relatives. Then taking leave of each other, all went to their respective cities. Pavana with Añjanā and Hanumat stayed there.
Hanumat's early career (279-303) Hanumat grew up with his father's wishes and he acquired all the arts and subdued all the vidyās. Expert in military science, with arms as long as the king of serpents, Hanumat gradually grew up, a sun in brilliance. Now Rāvana, first among the impatient, broke the peace and, a mountain of firmness, set out to conquer Varuņa. All the Vidyādhara-lords went, summoned by messengers, making his camp like the ridge of Vaitādhya. When
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| SR No. | 001004 |
| Book Title | Trishasti Shalaka Purusa Caritra Part 4 |
| Original Sutra Author | Hemchandracharya |
| Author | Helen M Johnson |
| Publisher | Oriental Research Institute Vadodra |
| Publication Year | 1954 |
| Total Pages | 449 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English, Mythology, & Story |
| File Size | 9 MB |