1228 Catechetical Dialogue of Sook. [Dfx*. 



20. — The king- Bhai raven dra established the images of three gods, 

 Jagannatha, Balarama and Subhadra. 



2 1 . — On Wednesday the third day of the dark lunation in the month 

 of Vaisakha, in the year of Vicramaditya 149G, he established here, by 

 one ritual, the images of Jagannatha, Balarama and Subhadra. 



22. — He beautified the face of the earth by establishing images of 

 gods, raising new buildings, and sinking tanks and wells. — May this 

 genealogy last long ! and long live (6) the good king Bhairavendra ! 



23. — Whosoever buildeth a temple to Vishnu, expatiates all sins, even 

 the greatest of all, that of killing brahmanas ; and is translated to heaven. 



24. — But whosoever buildeth a temple to Vishnu at a holy place, a 

 place of pilgrimage, a sanctified spot, or an hermitage, acquires three 

 times as much fruition. 



25. — Building a temple to Vishnu on a hill secures a hundred times 

 as much good, and on a high peak, a thousand. 



26. — As long as a brick built temple of Vishnu lasts so long do the 

 builder thereof and his family live in the heaven of Vishnu. 



27. — Whosoever buildeth a temple to Hari translates five thousand 

 of his generations past and to come to the heaven of Vishnu. 



28. — On Wednesday, the third day of the dark lunation of Vaisha- 

 kha, in the year of Vicramaditya 1496, Janardana, who owed his great- 

 ness to Bhairavendra and was acquainted with the Vedas, officiated in 

 the establishment of Hari. 



l^rashnotaramdld, or Catechetical Dialogue of Sook. — Translated by 

 J. Christian, Esq., of Monghyr. 



The reason for my translating this Catechism is, its preservation. 

 There is nothing uncommon in it which would entitle it to regard. It 

 contains (as almost all the writings of the Hindoos do) a mixture of 

 mystic theology, and practical morality. It appears to be a work of 

 modern date. Although ascribed to Sook, who was the son of the 

 famous Byas, it is not sectarial, as reverence and worship in it is 

 enjoined to the three hypostasis of the Hindoo trinity. The style of 

 this little tract is uncommonly laconic. The date when it was compos- 

 ed is not known. It was given to me by Luchhminath, (a famous 



(G) Liu " a thousand years." 



