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ways abstains from breaking agreements, (as the swarm of bees which were petitioners with the ocean abstains from transgressing its boun- the ceaseless flow of his charity which was daries) ; which (like the ocean) is possessed of like rut, (and) who reduced (even) those who stability and profundity and beauty;" (and) were not (his) adherents to submission by (his) which, by reason of being possessed of great brilliant fame, (and) who always moved withnobility, is difficult to be invaded, (as the out any tripping of the foot, (and) whose ocean, by reason of having great creatures in it, I splendour and dignity were maintained by is difficult to be plunged into),--(there was) the (his) excellent lineage, (and) who had the Samanta Dadda, who,-like the kaustubha- hairs of (his) body erected (in pleasure caused) jewel" born along with Sri (and) resting over by the (hostile) kings being slain by the blows the heart of Krishna,--dispelled the mass of of his hand, (and) whose voice was as sweet the darkness of the Kali age with the multi- as (the sound of the falling waters of the tude of the rays of (his) spotless fame; who, cataracts of the (river) Rêvå. He was to be being possessed of good adherents, uprooted compared with the moon in respect of placithe descendants of the hostile family of the dity and purity and lastre and accomplishNågas, just as Vainatêya, "' possessed of ments (like the digits of the woon), (but) not excellent wings, aprooted the offspring of the in respect of any stain (like a spot on the hostile family of the serpents; (and) who, even moon),- with a pool of waterlilies in respect from birth, had all sin" removed by perform- of having all family-troubles (like thorns) overing obeisance to the feet, which are like come by the plentiful glory of (being) the abode waterlilies, of the sun. Day by day he stood of Sri," (but) not in respect of being born free from apprehension,"-having body from the mud, -with a lion, in respect of adorned by a multitude of immovable virtues, vigour and energy and prowess, (but) not in as that of a lion is adorned by the mass of respect of being full of cruelty, --with the the firm threads (of its mane), (and) having ocean, in respect of being possessed of beauty o the canopy of his spotless fame spread abroad and stability and profundity and endurance in the guise of the pearls that trickled and (power of) protection, (but) not in respect down from the foreheads of the elephants of of being the asylum of wicked people (like (his) enemies that were slain (by him, as by snakes),-(and) with (the mountain) Himaa lion), (and) maintaining toward (other) chala, in respect of being the abode of kings an excellence of disposition, suitable to excellent cities (like mountain ridges) and (his) beauty, as a young lion maintains on noble men of learning (like demigods), (but) the mountains a vigour suitable to (its) form. not in respect of being surrounded by deThe virtues, consisting of (the kenowledge of the graded warriors (like the mountainous regions collection of the fine arts, (as of the digits round Himachala). Like the excellent coils of the moon), &c., (and) the troops of the of the serpent Sêsha, his excellent wealth, elephants of his enemies and (their) lovely the greatness of which was manifested by women, having a lazy gait of rut and of wan. hundreds of jewels of spotless rays, (was) tonness, induced by Chis) prowess, day after common to the whole world. The excellence day, as if through mutual rivalry, betook of his family was declared by (his) characthemselves to him, the moon of the darkness ter,-his sovereignty, by (his habit of) comof the extremely sullied Kali age. The lands mand, -his (knowledge of the use of) weapons, lying round the feet of the Vindhya (moun. by the submission of (his) enemies, -his anger tains), as if they were wives productive of by (his infliction of) punishment -- his favour, married happiness (and) carrying beauty on by (his) charities,--(and) his piety, by (his) (their) lofty breasta, were) for the pleasure of worship of the gods and the twice-born and him who, like an excellent elephant, pleased spiritual preceptors. 9. " Or saltness."
The relative construction is still continued in the * The kaustubha-jewel, which Vishnu (Krishna) original, 11. 4 to 15; but it is more convenient to avoid wears on his breast, was produced, at the same time it in the translation. The whole passage is full of with the goddess Srl, when the ocean was churned in
double meanings which it is not always possible to inorder to obtain the nectar.
troduce conveniently or completely into the translation. 56 Garuda.
* Compare No. CXXXIII., 1. 34-35, Vol. XII. p. 251. *1 Or "danger, misfortune."
90 Or "saltness."
