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the warrior, armed with the Gāndiva-bow, poured ( discharged ) volleyes of hundreds of sharpened arrows on the faces of warriors, like Him, pouring showers of rain over the lotuses. In the vicinity of it that holy land even, wherein, after the disappearance of Krşna, the plough-bearer [ Baladeva ) resorting to the mode of life of a great sage deprived of aspiration for kingdom, having renounced liquor of the god of love in the form of the eyes of Revati, giving pleasure longed-for, stayed for practising penance, should verily be resorted to by Him. Those regions, worthy of being worshipped by men, to which the plough-bearer, averse to take any part in the battle out of his showing as much affection towards his subjects as shown towards. his relatives, got initiated into monkhood, roaming on this earth had betaken himself, would at first bring in merit only on seeing those and on going round those would at once purify Him.
He, the gentle one, though dark only in complexion, having imbibed those waters of the Saraswati which are plunged into by virtuous inen [ or which are pervaded by the reflexions of stars etc.], which are very pure, excellent, pleasing to the heart, destroying immediately sin committed in the age called Kali and which resemble chaste women, would become pure inside. [or He, though pure at heart, would become dark only in complexion ( and not impure at heart.)]. Sambara said that the rivers originating from the principal mountains [ 175 ] have become known by the name heavenly rivers' while other rivers bear their names owing to their being their representatives. As asked by śambaia to visit holy places, He should visit the Ganges, falling down from the Himalayas, resembling the Lords of mountains, near Kanakhala. He, leaving her immediately after plunging into her water, should not disregard her only because of her being a small river, since according to the learned even a representative of a holy land is a purifier. He should, therefore, worship the Ganges, possessing sweet water, forming the flight
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| SR No. | 001704 |
| Book Title | Parshvabhyuday |
| Original Sutra Author | Jinsenacharya |
| Author | M G Kothari |
| Publisher | Gulabchand Hirachand Doshi |
| Publication Year | |
| Total Pages | 844 |
| Language | Sanskrit, English |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari, Literature, & Mythology |
| File Size | 16 MB |