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raense army. When Crishna had seen his friends 

 and relations safe at Dwaraca-, he returned alone 

 to MatJihin'd ; and presented himself before Ca'l- 

 YUN, who rising from his seat in a great rage, at- 

 tempted to seize him. Crishna fled, and Ca'l- 

 YUN pursued him as far as the cave in which slept 

 the famous Muchu-cunda. It is situated in the 

 Raivata mountains, which extend from Gnzrdt to- 

 ward Ajmer. Muchu-cunda was the son of king 

 Mjlndata, who lived in the Cri ta-yuga or golden- 

 age : having defeated and humbled the Daityas, the 

 gods, out of gratitude, waited on him requesting him 

 to ask a boon. The w^arrior, who was exhausted 

 with fatigue, answered he wanted nothing but sleep, 

 and vt'ished he might sleep till the arrival of Crishna, 

 and that, whosoever should presume to awake him, 

 might be destroyed by the fire of his eye. Crishna, 

 who knew that such a boon had been granted to 

 Muchu-cunda, boldly entered the gloomy cave, 

 and placing himself toward the head of Muchu- 

 cunda, waited in silence the arrival of Ca'l-yun. 

 He soon arrived, and seeing a man asleep, struck 

 him several times to awake him. Muchu-cunda 

 opening his eyes, a flame darted from them, which 

 reduced Ca'la-yavana to ashes. Crishna went 

 immediately to Dwaraca, and gathering his forces 

 fell upon the Yavans, put the greatest part of them 

 to the sword, and the rest fled to their native 

 country. 



The conclusion of the drama is certainly forced, 

 ridiculous, and unnatural : it is more probable, that 

 Deo-cal-yun seeing his army defeated, fled to his 

 native country : and that, through shame and vexa-^ 

 tion, he withdrew with his family and adherents to 

 Greece. This conjecture is supported by the testi- 

 mony of Greek hiltorians, who uniformly assert, that 

 he reigned, and ultimately died in Greece. They 



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