S78 The LUNAR YEAR 



The Hymn to Ca'ma. 



i . Hail, God of the flowery bow ; hail, warriour with a flfti on thy ban.* 

 ner ; hail, powerful divinity, who caufeft the firmnefs of the fage to for Hike 

 him, and fubdueft the guardian deities of eight regions { 



2. O Candarpa, thou Son of Ma'dhava ! O Ma'ra, thou foe of 

 Sambhara ! Glory be given to thee, who loveft the goddefsRETi; to 

 thee, by whom all worlds are fubdued j to thee, who fprlngeli from the 



heart S 



3. Glory be to Mad an a, to Ca'ma ? to Him, who is formed as the 

 God of Gods j to Him, by whom Brahma', Vishnu, Siva, Indra, are 

 filled with emotions of rapture J 



4. May all my mental cares be removed, all my corporal fufferings ter- 

 minate ! May the object of my foul be attained, and my felicity continue 

 for ever ! 



Bhawijhya-purana. 



