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MEETING WITH PAŚUPATA MONK AND CITRÂNGADA RELEASED 1147–1226
1146-69 Following Vijayānanda's suggestion, the king. marched continuously and reached Sapta-Godāvari-Bhima; and his army rested there. Vijayananda requested the king to meet the Pasupata ) saint a was sent ahead to him. The saint was glad to hear about the arrival of the renowned monarch Salavāhana and to know his present mission where by both Mahanumati and Lilāvati would be happy. When the king arrived, the saint regardfully welcomed him and sought for his help. He told the king that the gods sing there by day in the temple of Iśvara; but at night there sport the demons whose chief is one Bhīsaņānana. The saint gave a Mantra to the king requesting him to kill the demon-chief that night, and the king agreed to it by receiving the Mantra.
1147) The variants of K are: , itai"; K reads RTE 1149) We already know this Pāśudata ascetic; see 203ff above, q=ai. 1150) Rather construe thus : à... Träffa alla tasa FA az I. 1155) fiat for Loc. pl.? 1158) The gender of 71901, as noted above, generally agrees in this text with that of the subject. 1161) The reading of P may stand for 346 +377 +5. 1162) The reading a fa is more convenient. & Acc. pl. If the subject
gaafa and her companions' is understood, the gāthā can be construed as it is. 1163) Teacher is something like the Instr. absolute. 1166) STEFH = 3744:. 1167) (PJ). This gātha is haplographically lost in B, To indicate that it was once there in B, there has remained some documentary evidence in the commentary, namely, the opening words of the next gāthā are se futata which really speaking belong to this gāihā. 1168) 3718T = 91 . VIII. iv. 35.
1170-1226) When it was past mid-night and dark and quiet allround, the demon-chief Bhisaņānana sent two of his envoys to the king with the message that those who dwelt there at that time were to form his food and that, therefore, the king should send to him an oblation of one hundred princes, one hundred elephants and a thousand other beasts, if he wants to be safe. The king angrily sent back those very men with a return message that the demon-chief himself would be made an oblation for the dogs and crows in the royal army. He instructed the army-guard that no one should move out before dawn; and with a chosen band of one thousand warriors, he marched against the demon. The terrific army (Described 1182-5) of the demon rushed against him. There ensued a fierce battle in which many soldiers were cut and killed (Described 1186-97). Finding that his army was being attacked by demons of illusive appearance, the king at once remembered that Mantra whereby the demons were hit helplessly and routed. Between the king and the demon-chief there was a challenging duel in which the latter was felled with his head cut. Suddenly arose on the spot a brilliant figure of a man who greeted the king as his liberator and was willing to give anything to him. The king, out of curiosity and wonder, asked him how he came to dwell among Raksasas; and in reply he narrated his biography thus : 'I am a Gandharva prince Citrāngada by name. When I went to Himālaya for a bath in the Ganges,
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