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VISHNU AND THE GODDESS OF THE EARTH.
entially, and proceeded to the Kshiroda sea, in order to see Kesava (Vishnu).
34. She beheld (then) the ocean, from which the Amrita arose. It was lovely, like the rays of the moon, and agitated by hundreds of waves produced by stormy blasts of wind.
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35. (With its waves) towering like a hundred Himalayas it seemed another terrestrial globe, calling near as it were the earth with its hands, the rolling waves.
36. With those hands it was as it were constantly producing the radiancy of the moon; and every stain of guilt was removed from it by Hari's (Vishnu's) residence within its limits.
37. Because (it was entirely free from sin) therefore it was possessed of a pure and shining frame; its colour was white; it was inaccessible to birds; and its seat was in the lower regions.
38. It was rich in blue and tawny gems (sapphires, coral, and others), and looking therefore as if the atmosphere had descended upon the earth, and as if a number of forests adorned with a multitude of fruits had descended upon its surface.
39. Its size was immense, like that of the skin of (Vishnu's) serpent Sesha. After having seen the milk-ocean, the goddess of the earth beheld the dwelling of Kesava (Vishnu) which was in it:
40. (His dwelling), the size of which cannot be expressed in words, and the sublimity of which is In it she saw also beyond the power of utterance. the destroyer of Madhu seated upon Sesha. 41. The lotus of his face was hardly visible on
37. See 15, note.
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| SR No. | 007671 |
| Book Title | Zend Avesta Part 01 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | James Darmesteter |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1895 |
| Total Pages | 2695 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 49 MB |