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" the river Critamald, and held water in the palm of his 

 " hand, he perceived a finall fifh moving in it. The 

 " king of Dravira immediately dropped the fifli into 

 " the river, together with the water which he had taken 

 " from it; when ihzfapliari thus pathetically addrefTed 

 " the benevolent monarch : " How canft thou, O king, 

 " who fhoweil affection to the opprefTed, leave me in 

 " this river-water, where I am too weak to refift the 

 " monfters of the ftream, who fill me with dread ?" 

 Ci He, not knowing who had afTumed the form of a fifh, 

 M applied his mind to the prefervation of the fapliariy 

 " both from good-nature, and from regard to his own 

 " foul ; and, having heard its very fuppliant addrefs, 

 c; he kindly placed it under his protection in a fmall vafe 

 <s full of water; but, in a fingle night, its bulk was fo 

 " increafed, that it could not be contained in the jar, 

 u and thus again addrefTed the illuftrious Prince : " I 

 u am not pleafed with living miferably in this little vafe, 

 " make me a large manfion, where I may dwell in com- 

 " fort." The king, removing it thence, placed it in 

 " the water of a ciftern ; but it grew three cubits in lefs 

 " than fifty minutes, and faid, " O king, it pleafes me 

 <; not to ftay vainly in this narrow ciftern : fmce thou 

 " haft granted me an afylum, give me a fpacious habi- 

 " tation." He then removed it, and placed it in a pool, 

 " where, having ample fpace around its body, it became 

 * s a fifth of confiderable fize. M This abode, O king, is 

 •* not convenient for me, who muft fwim at large in the 

 c; waters : exert thyfelf for my fafety; and remove me 

 « to a deep lake." Thus addrefTed, the pious monarch 

 " threw the fuppliant into a lake, and, when it grew of 

 " equal bulk with that piece of water, he caft the vaft 

 " fifli into the fea. When the fifh was thrown into the 

 " waves, he thus again fpoke to Satyavrata : " Here the 

 " horned marks, and other monfters of great ftrength, 

 " will devour me; thou fnouldeft not, O valiant man, 

 " leave me in this ocean." Thus repeatedly deluded 

 " by the fifh, who had addrefTed him with gentle words, 

 " the king faid, " Who art thou, that beguileft me in 



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