150 On the Sena Edjds of Bengal. [No. 3, 



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Though on account of this age, the praise of his virtue is one-legged, 

 yet, through his power, it has travelled over the world, holding the 

 sacrificial posts continuously erected hy him (on the earth). 



[The import of the sloka is, that he was constantly engaged in per- 

 forming sacrifices, on which occasion posts are erected on the spot 

 where the ceremony is performed. 



Among the Hindus, there are four ages ; Satya Yuga is the age of 

 purity, Treta, Dwapara and Kali. In the first, virtue is supposed to he 

 four-legged, in the second, three-legged, in the third two-legged, and in 

 the last one-legged ; therehy showing that the world is gradually "becom- 

 ing sinful. This is Kali Yuga, and is said to have commenced from 

 the latter part of the reign of Yudhisthir, king of Hastinapura, the 

 modern Delhi.] 



Having invited the gods from Meru, which was infested hy enemies, 

 this sacrificer made the inhabitants of the heaven and earth to change 

 their places ; and by digging deep ponds* and erecting lofty temples, 

 he made the heaven and the earth to resemble each other. 



[It is supposed that the peaks of Meru are inhabited by the gods. 

 When any sacrifice is performed, they are suffered to come clown to the 

 earth to partake of the offerings.] 



* The Burrin or high land of Rajashahi is covered with the most enormous 

 tanks that astonish every body. I do not know of ever hearing of any other dis- 

 trict with the same number of tanks as this. It is no exaggeration to say, 

 that there is a tank measuring 200 to 500 yards in the north of this district, and 

 some most extensive and beautiful. 



