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to the fatal field of dispute, where he had fresh cause to mourn 

 over the lifeless remains of his slaughtered friends, Predemne, and 

 Creeshna's other sons, brothers, &c. all of whose bodies he caused 

 to be burnt. Search was also made for the earthly portions of 

 what once was Creeshna and Balhadur. These also he solemnly 

 committed to the flames. After he had finished these melancholy 

 ceremonies, on the sixth day Arjoon ordered that all the people, 

 men, women, and children, should quit the devoted city of Dwa- 

 raka, and take the road to Eendraput. Accordingly, they all left 

 Dwaraka ; Creeshna's 16,000 wives also, and all their servants and 

 maids in very great numbers ; and before them went Vejre, the son 

 of Anaroodhe, while Arjoon brought up the rear. On the same day 

 on which Arjoon left the city, the agitated deep began to swell, 'and 

 rising higher and higher, even to the roofs of the loftiest edifices 

 of Dwaraka, overwhelmed them in the sight of all the people, who, 

 with the utmost trepidation and horror, lest the spreading waves 

 should overtake them, travelled with all possible haste to a place 

 where five streams unite with the river Indus, and there they halted. 

 The people of that quarter were all thieves and plunderers, who, 

 seeing so many beautiful women and so much valuable treasure 

 slightly guarded, attacked the caravan, in spite of Arjoon's re- 

 monstrances and threats, and began to hurry away the women and 

 plunder the baggage. Arjoon now attempted to string his bow 

 Gandeeva, but was a long time before he could succeed. He then 

 put an arrow to the string, but with all his strength could not draw 

 the bow. He then pulled at his sword, but could not unsheath it. 

 In the mean time, every thief, at his option, took one of Creeshna's 

 wives, and bore them in triumph away. Arjoon, with great diffi- 

 culty, at last drew his bow, and shot an arrow ; but whereas for- 

 merly one arrow would do prodigious execution, and his quiver 

 remained always inexhaustible, his arrows now were soon spent, 



