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that their faith and religious merits were upon par, although their 

 station and circumstances were widely different, he was solicitous 

 not to appear to give the one a preference above the other, nor let 

 either feel himself slighted. He, therefore, made a double repre- 

 sentation of himself, both Avatars exactly similar, so that the 

 rajah, who received him with all the pomp and splendor of royalty, 

 and with magnificent presents of exquisite clothes, chains, and 

 strings of pearls, &c. conceived himself' the most favoured of mor- 

 tals, in having the divine personage under his own roof ; while the 

 humble Brahmin, no less overjoyed, was laying his unaffected 

 offerings of the choicest fruits and strings of sweet flowers before 

 the very same Creeshna at the same moment in his own house. 

 Creeshna, at the earnest instances of the rajah, stayed some time 

 with him in his magnificent palace to fortify his devotion, and all 

 the inhabitants of Tirhut were eased of their doubts and perplexities 

 by his presence : at the same time he was daily present in the 

 lowly cottage of Mhooret-Deva, receiving grateful prayers and 

 thanksgivings, with the greatest condescension and benevolence. 

 After some time thus employed, Creeshna returned to Dwaraka, 

 and the Brahmin accompanied him a considerable way on the 

 journey. 



Terek-Assoor one day demanded of Nared, which of the three 

 Devmas, Brahma, Veeshnu, and Mahadeva, was to be propitiated 

 witlmhe least worship ? Nared answered, Mahadeva; who pre- 

 setjBy grants whatever is desired by those who worship him with 

 their whole heart. Accordingly, Terek-Assoor became a most 

 zealous worshipper of Mahadeva, to obtain his own particular 

 purposes. But Mahadeva shewed him no signs of encouragement ; 

 the Ditya, however, redoubled his austerities in such a manner, 

 that, in the space of seven days, he cut oft' all the flesh from his 

 own body with a knife, and burnt it in the fire ; and, after those 



