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* Thus consecrated by that great inauguration, 

 Indra subdued all conquerable [earths], and won 

 all worlds : he obtained, over all the gods, supre- 

 macy, transcendent rank and pre-eminence. Con- 

 quering, in this world [below], equitable domina- 

 tion, happiness, sole dominion, separate authority, 

 attainment of the supreme abode, sovereignty, 

 mighty power, and superior rule ; becoming a self- 

 existent being and independent ruler, exempt from 

 [early] dissolution ; and reaching all [his] wishes in 

 that celestial world ; he became immortal : he be- 

 came immortal *.' 



The thirty-ninth chapter is relative to a pecu- 

 liarly solemn rite, performed in imitation of the 

 fabulous inauguration of Indra. It is imao:ined 

 that this celebration becomes a cause of obtaining 

 great power and universal monarchy; and the 

 three last sections of the chapter recite instances 

 of its successful practice. Though replete with 

 enprmous and absurd exaggerations, they are here 

 translated at full length, as not unimportant, 

 since many kings are mentioned, whose names are 

 familiar in the heroick history of India. 



§. VII. ' By this great inauguration similar to 

 Indra's, Tura, son of Cavasha, consecrated 

 Janame'jaya, son of Paricshit; and, therefore, 

 did Janame'jaya, son of Paricshit, subdue the 

 earth completely, all around, and traverse it every 

 wa}'-, and perform a sacrifice with a horse as an 

 offering. 



* In the didactick portion of the Vtda, the last tenn, in every 

 chapter, is repeated to indicate its conclusion. This repetition 

 was n.t preserved in a former quotation, from the necessitv of 

 I varying considerably the order of the words. 



