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on the breast with his Geda, that his soul immediately parted from 

 his body ; and a flame of fire issuing from his head, ascended into 

 the air, whence it came back and went into Creeshna's mouth, 

 where it was quenched. Denteebektre had a younger brother, 

 named Vederoothe, who also attempted to risk a battle, but Creeshna 

 cut his head off with Sodharsan-Chakra. After the death of these 

 three persons, the Devatas launched out in praise of Creeshna, 

 and the Muni-Eswaras and Reyshees were unbounded in their 

 panegyrics ; and all the intelligent were fully convinced that he was 

 Perebrahme-Pooraun-Poorash, while those of confined understand- 

 ings, whose ideas were circumscribed by the mere limits of the 

 senses only, conceived that he had gained a victory, (as any other 

 mortal might have done,) and that there might exist another who 

 would have vanquished him ; but, in fact, whatever exists is HE, 

 and all these notions are the fantasies and sport of Maya, or self- 

 delusion. 



Soodaman, a poor Brahmin and fellow-student with Creeshna 

 under his tutor Sendeepen, by the instigat'on of his wife, about 

 this time paid a visit of respect to Creeshna at Dwaraka, having 

 nothing with him for a present except one handful of rice. Creeshna 

 received him most affectionately, and, in his absence, transformed 

 his cottage to a palace, and his wife to a beauty ; gave him a large 

 sum in money, and, at his death, rendered him Mooktee (beatified). 



One day, Dropeda requested the eight Nayega to give her an 

 account of their several marriages, which they did in their turns, 

 relating their history as in the former chapters, except that of 

 Lekshema, which is not there inserted, and is as follows : 

 Lekshema informed Dropeda, that she had one day heard Nared 

 give a description of Creeshna to her father, and he had painted 

 him in such lively colours, that, from the same moment, she fell 

 violently in love with him, and was determined to marry no other. 



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