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CHAPTER IX
ARISTANEMI’S SPORT, INITIATION, OMNISCIENCE
And now Nemi, wandering about with the princes in sport, entered Vāsudeva's armory without hesitation. There the prince saw the cakra very brilliant like the sun, the bow Sārnga, (the club) Kaumodaki, the sword (Nandaka), terrifying as the coils of the king of serpents, and (the conch) Pāñcajanya, the very loud musical instrument of the prologue of the play of battle, which were like a treasury of Vişnu's glory. Recognizing Aristanemi, who intended to pick up the conch from curiosity, Cārukrşņa, the keeper of the armory, bowed and said:
“Even though you are Hari's brother and are very powerful, nevertheless you are not able to lift, much less to blow the conch. For no one, except Hari, is able to lift and blow the conch. Do not make the effort uselessly.”
Nemi smiled, lifted the conch with ease and blew it which resembled moonlight to the teeth resting on the lower lip. Its sound, rivaling the sound of the ocean with high waves collected against Dvārakā's walls, filled heaven and earth. The ramparts, mountain-peaks, and palaces shook; Sīrabhịt, Sārngin, and the other Daśārhas trembled. Elephants, having pulled up their posts, their chains broken, quivered. Horses threw off their bridles and ran away. People of the town swooned at its sound like a clap of thunder; the guards at the armory fell down and remained like dead men.
Govinda thought: “Who has blown the conch? Has some cakrin arisen or has Indra come to earth? When I blew the conch, there was terror on the part of all the kings; but when the conch was blown by that person, there was terror on the part of Rāma and me.” As Kļşņa was so reflecting, the armory-guards reported to him, “ Just now Aristanemi blew Pāñcajanya with ease.” While Hari stood astonished
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