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In the Harivamsha Purana, the proud and dazzling autumn season, adorned with the beauty of the arrow-like peacock feathers and the humming of the bees, arrived. [13] At that time, the Vidyadharas, restraining the impetuosity of their minds, came out for the perfection of their own sciences and medicines. [14] Then, the two spouses, Vasudeva and Nilayasha, went to the modest mountain, embraced by knowledge, like clouds embracing a mountain and raining according to their will. [15] That mountain had the middle part bearing the wives of the ascetics without rivals, so it seemed to be constantly practicing the extremely difficult Asidharavata. [16] Intoxicated with the drinking of honey, it was filled with the sounds of the drunken birds and bees, so it seemed to be filled with the sounds of the arrows and bowstrings of the god of love. [17] Descending on that mountain, fragrant with the seven-leaved garland, and beautiful in itself, with its trees swaying in the wind, they admired its beauty. After wandering for a long time and not getting satisfied by seeing its beauty, they remembered the pleasant peaks of the mountain in their passion-filled state. [18-19] The excessive indulgence in amorous pleasures on the bed made of flowers and leaves did not cause them any distress at that time. [20] After a long time, they came out of the banana grove, their bodies adorned with the sweat born of the enjoyment of love. [21] As soon as they came out, they saw a peacock there, suddenly uttering its melodious call, with a colorful body, adorned with a crest, and with intoxicated eyes. [22] Seeing that peacock, which had captivated their minds with its beauty, Nilayasha, who was eager and curious, was taken by that peacock, which sat on her shoulder and flew away into the sky. [23-24] That was not actually a peacock, but one who had assumed the form of a peacock.