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and made the mistress of the house do the same. Nared, in a 

 transport of wonder and delight, exclaimed, " O Natha ! no one 

 can fathom thy mercy and benevolence ! thy Avatar is for the pur- 

 pose of protecting the good and punishing the wicked. If it be 

 thy august will to perform services to Nared, it is as a father and 

 mother perform service for their children, out of their own volun- 

 tary affection and good-will. Men, who are submerged in the pit 

 of their passions, have no possibility of escaping from their con- 

 trol, except by thy mercy, in being born again in this transient 

 world." Thus did Nared utter various praises and thanksgivings ; 

 yet did his mind still misgive him, and he determined to go to 

 another house to see if he should find Creeshna there, or if he 

 would take the first opportunity of going thither. He went, there- 

 fore, with speed to the next house, and there he found Creeshna 

 sitting and amusing himself with the mistress of it. On seeing 

 Nared, Creeshna rose up as before, received him with the utmost 

 reverence, respectfully thanked him for the honour his house re- 

 ceived from his visit, and hoped he would stay there some days. 

 Thence Nared went to a third house, where Creeshna was looking 

 at the children at play ; and, in a fourth house, he was bathing. 

 Nared suspected that Creeshna had come by some secret way from 

 the former house with such haste as to get before him, and there- 

 fore determined that he would hurry as fast as possible to another 

 to ascertain the fact : so he ran with all expedition to the next 

 house and there he found Creeshna sitting at a banquet. At ano- 

 ther he was giving alms to the Brahmins ; at another he was prac- 

 tising at his weapons ; at another he was reviewing the ordinary 

 elephants and horses ; at another he was in conference with Ood- 

 hoo and Akroor ; at another he was sitting and hearing the songs of the 

 beautiful slave girls ; at another he was distributing milch cows in 

 charity ; at another he was hearing the Poorauns ; at another he 



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