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Praise Vlkd, for he protects [even] the big strongholds 

 in the jurisdiction of the [other] big raws. What an extra- 

 ordinary feat doest thou, O Krsna, deem thine of preserving thy 

 own Gokala ? 



2. It is because the Kamandhaja » [actually] cleared away 

 the clouds [of the enemies] that [so] many monarchs praise that 

 monarch. [Whereas] thou [contentedst thyself with simply] 

 keeping over thyself, on one finger, the mount [Go vardhana]. 

 whilst the hail continued to fall, O Govinda. 14 



3. For having [simplv] made a shelter of that mount 

 over the goph, the heart of the Adivarn hi » rejoiceth [so much]. 

 [But] Vlko [did much more, in that he] rescued the captured 

 Puga]a and Verasalapura. 



4. Bestowing an unprecedented boon, and displaying an 



1 °*. To avoid overcrowding notes, I shall henceforth leave unmen- 

 ioned cases in which the MSS. write $ for « and #T 



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" An epithet of the Rathoras. 

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