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these words, Camaréndra at once wert in a North-eastern direction, and by his divine powers of changing various forms, he assumed a terrible body-form of one hundred thousand yojans' dimensions-with highly valsed. drea_sul moving bunches of hair on the frontal region of his head; unpleasant to look at, on account of quivering molar teeth in the excessively terrible cavity of his mouth, resembling the top of Anjana giri (a mountain as black as collyrium), or a collection of newly-formed clouds; full of blazing flames of bursing fire issuing from his mouth; pervading the multitude of stars by his extraordinary arms highly raised in the sky; hindering the progress of the rays of the Sun by the extensive cavity of his broad chest; accompanied with hissing sound of Siakes !odiging in the circular cavity of his navel; pressing on ihe surface of the soles of his feet with the burden of his long and heavy thighs; ready to easily make a mouthful as it ware, of the three worlds including the regions Ol youis, as well as, of asuras (demons ); and with a body-form terrifying even to Bhima ( second son of Pāņdu ), and spread it on the vault of the sky. With such a formidable body, Camaré. hidrat bastily can towards Saudharméadra, aud, Throwing away far asiile celestial chariots coming towards him by the violence of his breach spreading on account of great velocity; striking the surface of the ground with huge slabs of stone falling from high inountains beaten by the front portions of his feet while waiking leisuriy, filling up the interior ci the sky, as it were, b; the inass of waters of Lavaņa Samudra (the Salt Sea) on account of the spread of the radiance of his body resembļing a heap of co!lysium, a mass of clouds or a collection of Cuckoos or black wasp); pervading, as it were, the three worlds by the hugeness of his body; splitting up as it were the interior of Brahmānda (egs of Brahma; the universe ) by his constant roarings; shower. ing rains at some places, and throwing heaps of dust at others; ag tating väņa-vyantara dévas ( a variety of dem-gods ) wiih ieur; trightening jyotisk gods (luminaries; and spreading spha. lika ratna (crystal gems) on the surface of the sky, he jumped cver the regions of the Sun; the Moon, and constellations of stars
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