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hill at the foot of the mountain, Himālaya, enjoying sight of the expanse of the beautiful forests grown in the adjoining regions of the mountain having its rocks perfumed by the fragrance of the musk of the musk-deer sitting on them.
Afterwards He, transformed into a cloud, having taken rest on reaching the mountain called Himālaya, white with snow, the source of that very river of gods white like her own fame, calling Him as if near with the tall trees grown on its peak rising high up in the sky, should look at it. Attracted by the indistinct and charming cracklings of peacocks given out through joy manifested, looking in every bower of creepears at the masses of snow looking like solid curd, resting on its peaks having ascended it for the sake of removing His exhaustion of the journey, He would possess a charm comparable to that of the mud dug up by the white bull of the three-eyed one [ i, e. Rudra ). If He would not approach it pouring heavy showers of rain at the same time when the wind would be blowing, the fire produced by the friction of the branches of the Sarala-trees, would certainly be able to infuse spirit into Him, emaciated owing to the fatigue of His journey, with His body enfeebled by His upward movement on the way running through the ranges of the mountain, to resume His journey by the clustered columns of smoke generated by the trees grown in the forests. The sylvan fire, destroying by its flames the large bushy tails of the Camaris, would not, owing to His being in its proximity, damage that lord of mountains, possessing beautiful forests, with its borders scattered over with thousands of juicy plants, having its body as if armoured on account of its being covered over with the masses of snow from its foot to the uppermost part of its peaks. If the fire of lightning, originating from Him at once, would cherish a desire to burn out the Himālaya, with its forests possessing masses of snow, then in that case He should make Himself capable of soothing the mountain fully by
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