﻿IROM CHUNARGHUR TO YERTNACOODUM, 10^ 



of lovely form and dignity, or worthy to become 

 her confort, to condLi6l him to Omercuntuc. Johilla 

 departed, met with Soane, and was fo dazzled with 

 the fplendor of his ornaments, and extreme beauty, 

 that file fell paffionaLely in love with him ; and fo far 

 forgot her duty as to attempt to pf rfonate her miftrefs ; 

 in which fucceeding, Bhavani (or N armada) was 

 fo enraged at the deceit, that, upon their arrival at 

 Omercuntuc^ (he feverely chaftifed Johilla, and dif- 

 figured her face, in the manner faid to be reprefented 

 in the image. She then precipitated Soan'e from the 

 top of the table land to the bottom, whence that river 

 rifes ; difappeared herfelf in the very fpot where the 

 JV^r^Mc^ifa^ ifTues; and fromthe tears of JoHiLLA, a little 

 river of that name fprings at the foot of Omercuntuc. 



The Pundits terminated their account by prefent- 

 ing me with an addrefs of Beas Muni to the Nar- 

 hudda, extraBed from the Vayer Purana ; and which 

 my friend Mr. Samuel Davis traaflated for me in 

 the following words. " Beas Muni thus addreffed 

 NuRMADA, (or the Narbudda river :) Glorious as the 

 fun and moon are thine eyes; but the eye in thy fore- 

 head blazes like fire : Bearing in thy hand a fpear like 

 the Treful^ and re fling on the bread of Bhyroe. The 

 blood of Anduk (Ossura) is dried up in thy prefence; 

 thy Weujon (a fort of fnow) is the difpeller of dread 

 from the human race. Brama and Seva refound thy 

 praifcs : Mortals adore thee. The Munis reverence 

 thee; Dewas (demigods) and Hindras (angels) are 

 thy progeny. Thou art united wjih the ocean ; thou 

 art defcended from Surya. By thee are mortals 

 fantlified. Thou difpeller of want, thou encreafeth 

 the profperity of thofe who perform devotions to thee. 

 By thee are mortals directed to the blifsful regions, 

 and taught to avoid the manfions of punifhment. 

 Thou art alfo Reba, a child of Hemala, (the fnowy 

 mountain.) Nurmada anfwered, O Muni ! thy 



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