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having put the horses to the carriage, they took fright, and wildly 

 ran away with the carriage into the pathless regions of the air, far 

 beyond the ken of mortals. The figure on the standard of Balha- 

 dur being a falcon, and on that of Creeshna being Garoori, the 

 eagle, left the standards of themselves, and went up to heaven. 

 Apsaras hovered about in the air, and were continually wailing, 

 and crying out, " Arise ye, and flee !" and this voice resounded 

 through all the houses. On the next day, being that whereon 

 Creeshna had ordered an universal visitation to a certain holy 

 Teerthe on the bank of the river, the people sent down thither 

 great quantities of provision and wine, and took with them all 

 their finest dresses and richest ornaments : immense was the mul- 

 titude that flocked thither of men, women, and children, some in 

 carriages, some on horseback and elephants, and other means of 

 conveyance. The retailers carried down their shops thither, and 

 the people all got such accommodation as they could, either in 

 tents or under the trees. When every body was gone to the Teerthe, 

 one Oodhoo, a Yadava, who, for learning, piety, and exalted 

 merit of every kind, had no equal, took leave of Creeshna, and 

 went away towards the northern countries. This man, from the 

 brightness of his devotion, had acquired so luminous an appear- 

 ance, that wherever he went, the road for a long way shone, as if 

 with fire. When the people had all taken their places, Creeshna 

 ordered that they should first prepare a variety of victuals and 

 drink for the Brahmins ; and while they were doing so, a drunken 

 Yadava, who happened to have a pitcher of wine in his hand, 

 spilt some of its contents on the provision, and contaminated the 

 whole, so that the Brahmins would not touch a morsel of it ; and 

 Creeshna commanded the whole to be thrown to the monkeys. As 

 this was a great festival, all the first musicians, dancers, &c. began 

 their amusements ; and men, having been so long deprived of wine, 



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