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four-faced Creator, he ruled over the heads of the kings, as his ancestor the sun rules over the heads of tho mountains. Bali, mortified at seeing the glory of his charity eclipsed by the greater charity of this king, has hidden himself in the neither world ; for what else could a man afflicted with shame do? The moon, taken to task by this prince for attempting to rival his glory, every month hides himself, through fear, in the sun's disk, and comes out as if desirous of propitiating the offended king by presenting him with the brilliant orb. The fire of the king's valour has so burnt the gardens of the fame of his enemies, that tho smoke issuing from the conflagration, ascending into the atmosphere, has to this day left its mark in the blue sky. The Seshanaga, when he heard of the fame of this prince, was tempted to nod approval, but, fearing that the earth resting on his hoods might be thereby convulsed with pain, refrained from giving way to the generous impulse. Angry that his son should rival him in glory, the king deprived tho ocean of his wealth of gravity. Are not sometimes fathers made to suffer for the faults of their sons? By the name of Chohan, this prince became the shoot of the family tree, served by the poets; famous in the three worlds; the bearer in abundance of human pearls. In this family rose many a monarch surrounded by a halo of glory, whose lives, beautified with the triple acquisition[१]," are able to destroy mountains of sins.
II. Vasudeva-“In process of time Deeksita Vasudeva was born, who conquered tho world by his valour; who seemed the very incarnation of Väsudeva come down to this earth for the destruction of the demon Šakás. He whetted his sword, blunt with striking down the heads of his enemies, in the fire of his valour, and then cooled the steel in the water of the tears gushing from the eyes'of the wives of his enemies. The goddess of victory,as if enamoured of this prince, shone in his hand in the battle-.
- ↑ Acquisition of artha(wéalth), kama(love)and moksha (salvation)
