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Judishter, with his head bare, and holding in his two hands the sa- 

 cred grass Cusa, performed the Pooja ; then, calling on the name 

 ofNarayen, turned towards Creeshna and smiled, expressively 

 intimating that all this was entirely the fruit of his kindness, and 

 that all he did was for HIM. Judishter addressed the elders of his 

 family, requesting of them to give their advice in a matter of such 

 infinite consequence as this Yug, to whom Pooja should be first 

 addressed. No one had yet spoken to the subject ; when Saha- 

 deva, Judishter's youngest brother, rose, and, with great modesty 

 and respect, observed, " That this was a question which had been 

 asked by one who well saw and knew the proper answer ; that 

 there was no room nor necessity for a question ; that the Pooja 

 should certainly be first addressed to Creeshna ; that, as well by 

 the institutes of the Vedas as by the decision of all the learned, 

 Pooja to Shree-Creeshna was the same as Pooja to all the Devatas, 

 just as watering the root of a tree affords moisture to the whole plant. 

 That He was the Creator, the Preserver, and the Destroyer, all in 

 one, and that, merely on hearing the Shree-Bhagavat, the soul 

 was purified from all its crimes ; therefore, when he was present, 

 none else could be worthy. That the earth was in the nature of a 

 body, of which he was the soul ; and that, for his own part, he 

 should worship none but him." Creeshna requested Sahadeva not 

 to proceed in this adulatory strain ; but the audience all applauded 

 and encouraged him. Rajah Judishter was overjoyed that this 

 proposition had succeeded exactly in conformity to his wishes, 

 washed Creeshna'sfeet, and threw that water over his own head and eyes; 

 after that, he washed the feet of the eight Nayega and of Oodhoo, 

 and, in the same manner, cast it on his head ; and, arranging be- 

 fore him the finest clothes and precious chains, with all the other 

 apparatus, performed the Pooja, and humbled his head in the dust 

 of Creeshna's foot. After this he performed Pooja to all the Devatas 



