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DHŪRTĀKAYĀNA:
of perspiration on his forehead was born Svedakundalin' who, at Brahman's oi der, overthrew Samkara (=Rudra = Isvara - Hara) who ran to Vişņu for alms while the latter was practising penance in the Badarikāśrama. Vişņu opened the vein on his forehead, but the skull of Brahman, which Isvara held, could not be filled. When Isvara dipped his finger in the blood, a man Raktakuņdalin by name, was generated. At Rudra's behest Raktakundalin fought against Svedakundalin. Their long battle was declared drawn by the gods; one was given in charge of the Sun and the other in charge of Indra so that they might continue their fight in the Bhārata war. When the Sun was enamoured by Kunti's beauty and cohabited with her, Karna was conceived by her and delivered through the ear. 7) It has been narrated in the Ramāyaṇa that Pavanasuta, a monkey, crossed the ocean by his arms at the order of Rāghava and reached Lankā. 8) For the benefit of the world, Gangā was invited from the heaven by gods; and her stream was received on the head by Isvara for thousands of years,
If the above events are acceptable, then that you were accommodated with the elephant in the gourd-kettle (Nos, 1-3, that you deluded it for six months (No. 4), that its tail-hair was stuck in the spout (No. 5), that you could escape through the spout (No. 6), that you crossed Gangā (No. 7), and that you received her stream on your head (No. 8) are all quite true, You are a good man endowed with wisdom and fame." (I. 85-98).
together in gallam
All of a sudden them from the fair,
II Being requested by Mülasri, Kandarika began to narrate his experiences: "Naughty as I was in my boyhood, my parents drove me out of the house. I reached a rich village on the frontier. There a Yakşa, Kamaladala by name, lived under the Vața tree; he possessed miraculous postars; and he bestowed boons on women. A fair was held in his honour, and people gathered together in gallant dress. I joined the fair, paid respects to the deity, and attended the horse-play. All of a sudden there was an attack from a well-equipped party of robbers; consequently one and all from the fair, even the horses, entered into a cucumber; the sports continued therein; and the party of robbers returned saying that the village had disappeared. There arrived a flock of animals; a goat swallowed that cucumber; a boa gulped that goat; and a crane flew up to the top of the Vaţa tree, after eating up the boa. A king was camping under that tree. Mistaking the crane's leg for a bangansloot, a mad elephant was tied to it by the driver. When the crane took up ita ley, the elephant was lifted up; and the driver raised a cry that some one snatched away his animal. Skilled archers rushed forth and shot the cranu
1 Both Sanskrit and Gajaráti Texts read Site- or Sveta-kundalin which has no
etymologioal justification. S'veta or sita is being used to balance against rakta, hut we have to remember that one is born from sveda and the other from rakta. La round brackets are given the numbers of legends, noted above, in the light of which partionlar remarks are said to be true,
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