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17-. The gifts, which' he fp read around, were 1. a Brabmanda, oj? 

 Mundane Egg, 2. a Circle of the Univerfe, 3. a Vafe reprefenting the five 

 elements, 4. a Cow formed of gems, 5. a figure of the feven feas, 6. two 

 fprigs from the Tree of Ages, 7. a golden Ca'madhe'nu, or celeftial Cow, 

 8. a terreftrial fphere made of gold, 9. a chariot and horfes of the precious 

 metals, 10. a man's weight of gold, n. a thoufand images of cows, 

 12. a golden horfe, 13. an image of Brahma', 14. a golden car, 15. a 

 plough of gold complete in its five parts, 16. a car drawn by elephants of 

 the. fame metah 



NOTE. 

 If all this b:: notn wild poet ; cal exaggeration, and if fuch prefertts were often made by the Hindu princes, 

 the Moghi'.t, w'.xi Food afc.r conquered raoft of the fouthern provinces, muli have plundered the Hindu tern, 

 plei of iinoiei.fc treafurei. 



18. He was eminently wife, and ruled with undiminifhed magnificence % 

 and, when he afcendjd, with the cordial acquiefcence of Indra, to a celef* 

 tial manfion, leaving behind him the reputation of a king, who refembledin 

 his great qualities, that ruler of the firmament, 



19. Then the king Crishn ara'ya, with irrefiflible power, bore the 

 round earth on his arm like a bracelet of gems. 



NOTE. 



Th 1 J prince, the donor of the land, was probably the younger brother of VYi*vf.isin h a» who died, 

 it feems, without male iftue. 



20. The Gods had apprehenfions, in the beginning of time, that the 

 glory of fo great a monarch would rapidly diffufe one vaft blaze over the 

 univerfe, and leave them without marks of diflin&ion : tlicnce it was, that 



