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MARRIAGES OF SAMBA AND PRADYUMNA 235 a piece of wood with a brahmasūtra.225 His kings took refuge with Jarāsandha. Just then the sun sank into the Western Ocean.
Anādhțşti, honored by the Yadus and Pāņdavas, went to Kļşņa. At Krşņa's command all went to their respective camps. Then King Jarāsandha took counsel at that time and installed powerful Siśupāla as general of the army. The Yadus made a garuda-formation at Garuda-bannered's command and took the battle-field at dawn like that. Siśupāla made a wheel-formation in like manner (as before). Then King Jarāsandha took the battle-field. Then Hansaka at Jarāsandha's request pointed out the enemy-soldiers and gave their names exactly:
“That is Anādhệști, whose banner is an elephant, with a chariot with black horses. That is Pāņdu's son, Yudhisthira, with a chariot with dark horses. That is Dhanañjaya with a chariot with white horses; and that is Vļkodara (Bhima) with chariot-horses the color of a blue lotus. That is Samudravijaya with a lion-banner and golden horses. That is Aristanemi whose banner is a bull and whose horses are parrot-colored. That is Akrūra with a plantain-banner and brindled horses. That is Sātyaki with horses spotted like a partridge. That is Prince Mahānemi with horses the color of white water-lilies; that is Ugrasena with horses the color of a parrot's beak.
That is Jarākumāra, with golden-backed horses and a deer-banner; that is Sinhala, son of Ślakṣnaroman, with horses from Kamboja. That is Meru with a dolphin-banner and tawny horses; that is King Padmarathapura with horses the color of a red lotus. That is Sāraṇa, whose banner is a blue lotus, with dove-colored horses; and that is Vidūratha with a
225 371. I can find no definition of brahmasūtra except the normal 'sacred thread.' It is possible that it means that Anādhrşți carved Hiranyanābha's body as mathematically as a carpenter would a piece of wood measured by a thread, which Indian carpenters do use; but why a 'sacred thread' which they would not use?
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