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and Bhadrakali, who had gone to his succour ; and Vana becoming 

 sensible of Krishna's supremacy, consents to his daughter's union with 

 Aniruddha. 



The next chapters relate to the origin of the Bindusdra Tirtha, 

 from the tears of Krishna ; the reason why it is sinful to look at the 

 moon on the 4th day of Bhddra, and Satrajit's obtaining that gem, 

 whose presence in a country insures its fertility. The adoration of 

 Gane'sa by Radha, in the presence of the assembled deities, is the sub- 

 ject of the 122nd and 123rd chapters, and as acknowledged in the text, 

 is one rarely treated of in other Purdnas. Gane'sa, not to be outdone, 

 eulogises Radha in his turn, and is followed by Brahma and Ananta. 

 The worship of Gane'sa by Radha marked the termination of the 

 curse, which had sentenced her to a mortal existence ; and she was then 

 restored to her celestial nature, in which Durga is made to declare 

 that there is no difference between Radha and herself, and whoever 

 speaks in a depreciating manner of either, is equally punished in 

 hell. 



Krishna, having also offered worship to Gane'sa, returns to 

 Dwdrakd) and resumes his lessons to Nanda and his family ; he also 

 prophesies the depravity of the world in the succeeding or Kali age, in 

 which men will abstain from venerating Sdlagrdm stones and Tulasi 

 plants, and attach themselves assiduously to the service of Mlechhas, 

 barbarians and outcastes, who it is said also, shall become the rulers of 

 the country : — expressions indicative of the prevalence of the Moham- 

 medan authority, when the Purdna was compiled. 



Radha after this returns to Goloka. with all the Gopas and Gopis 

 of divine origin, Krishna creating others to supply their place at 

 Vrinddvan. The circumstances of Krishna's death, by a wound from 

 a hunter, the destruction of his tribe, and the submersion of Dwdrakd 

 by the sea, are next alluded to, in so brief and obscure a manner, that 

 without a previous knowledge of what is intended the notice would be 

 quite unintelligible ; and these events are lost sight of amidst the much 

 more detailed addresses of the gods and goddesses, the ocean, the rivers, 

 and particularly the Ganges, in which the sufferings of the earth, in con- 

 sequence of Krishna's departure, are most pathetically lamented. After 

 Krishna's death, the form that proceeded from his person, went to the 

 Sweta Dziipciy where it became two : one-half was Narayana, the 

 lord of Vaikuntha ; the other was Krishna, the deity of Goloka,the 

 supreme indescribable source of all, who ascended to his original seat, 

 and was reunited to Radha. 



