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princess with such prodigious wealth should be taken away by 

 Gopal ; therefore, collecting their troops together, they pursued 

 Creeshna ; but, such was their appearance, that one would say 

 they were a parcel of vagabonds and beggars come out of the city 

 to demand charity ; and when they came near, they all hung their 

 heads down upon their breasts. Then Arjoon, who was with 

 Creeshna, turned about, and strung his famous bow Kandeva, when 

 they all fled away from that renowned warrior like a huge flock of 

 kids from a wolf, and Creeshna, by gentle and easy stages, pro- 

 ceeded on to Dwaraka. There was a rajah named Soot-Keret, 

 who had a daughter named BH ED ERA, whom he married to 

 Creeshna in spight of his sons, who opposed the match. There 

 was also another rajah who had a daughter named LECHMEENA, 

 who had been adopted by Sooneter, and from him Shree-Creeshna 

 had her in the mode of Pangrehen. These are the eight NAYEGA 

 whom Bhagavan first espoused ; and now will be given an account 

 of a great number of rajah's daughters whom he released from the 

 captivity in which they were kept by Bhoom Assoor Ditya. 



Bhoom Assoor Ditya, son of the Earth, was so mighty and pow- 

 erful, that he threw even Soorg-Loke into confusion, and drove 

 Eendra from Eendra-Pooree, and set up his own government there, 

 after grievously harrassing Eendra. Then leaving a deputy of his 

 own in Soorg, he returned to his own city, which was called Prag- 

 Jothek ; and he had round his castle a defence of fire, and water, 

 and poisonous snakes, and a white mountain like quicksilver. One 

 day, Seete-Bhavani expressed a wish to see the trees of Soorg ; and 

 Creeshna, immediately taking her along with him upon Garoori, 

 said, " We must first see the person who has driven Eendra out of 

 Soorg ;" so they went to the city of Prag-Jothek. Bhagavan first, 

 with the arrow of his might, threw down the quicksilver mountain, 

 and Garoori, by his command, devoured all the castle of snakes. 



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