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persons, all extremely merry, came to the place where they were ; 

 and, dressing up Sateebe in women's clothes, brought him to the 

 Reyshees ; and, telling them it was the wife of Beber-Jaroone, beg- 

 ged to know (as they were so exceedingly wise and prescient) 

 what she was likely to bring forth. The Reyshees answered, that 

 they very well knew what person it was thus disguised, and that 

 he should bring forth an iron club, which would be the death of 

 the whole family of the Yadavas. That for their contemptuous 

 insolence to the poor j and their general pride and arrogance, no 

 one should escape the effects of the iron club, out of the whole 

 tribe of the Yadavas, except Creeshna and Balhadur. That Bal- 

 hadur should quit his present body, and go away into the river, 

 and that Creeshna's time was come to forsake this world. After 

 having said this, these Reyshees took up the skins of Cheeteks on 

 which they sat, and, throwing them over their shoulders, hasted 

 away out of D waraka, and went to Rajah Judishter at Hastana- 

 poor. The news of all this was presently spread over the whole 

 city, and caused a general consternation. The next day Sateebe 

 brought forth an iron Destehavenee, or club, such as those of wood 

 which are used by athletics in their exercise, with a view to in- 

 crease their strength. Ogur Sein, who had heard the Avhole affair, 

 ordered his smiths to grind and pulverize this club, so that a mor- 

 sel of it should not remain ; which they did, and strewed it, when 

 thus ground, to dust, by the river-side : and it was all thus reduced 

 to impalpable powder, except a piece less than the palm of one's 

 hand. From the dust thrown away by the river-side sprung up a 

 great quantity of reeds, and, after the order for grinding away this 

 club, another order was issued, strictly forbidding all the Yadavas 

 to drink wine in future, on pain of death. From that time they 

 left off wine out of fear, and did not even venture to name it. 

 After this, DEATH appeared in Dwaraka in a human ,shape, the 



