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33. . • 1 '» I . . . . Asarva* by name, fprang from an 

 iliuftrious family, venerable from her virtuous conduct, as Anasuya, 

 of the fage Atri + 



9 9 4 9 4 9 



34. His fecond wife was born of noble parentage; well behaved,, 

 patient, anddifcreet 



90»9C®Q«»t* 



35. „ . . . . , . . i . VatsaJ by name, link is, like the 

 dignified Sunetra feated in the aiTembly of the gods . . • of a 



pure mind, correct demeanour, a fea of nobility § 



heroic, fteady in his courfe, of the Brahman clafs . . . . . . . . 



. . .. . a treafure of excellence, a friend of the good. Vamana 



and Pradyumna,!) . . . . • . . . • . . . • • 



, r * . . . their inclinations hav- 

 ing been afcertained, they were all employed by the fovereign ruler 

 SallacshanaI in offices fuitable to wife 9 juft, and valiant men^ 



38. Now, Sallacshan'a yarma . . . . . . again in the 



country of the Antarved ** 



a » • » e o o 



39. . • • , • • * . . ...... . were 



utterly defeated by the impetuofity of his bravery, and obliged to pro- 

 fixate themfelves at the feet of his mailer. Having cleared the country 



* Who it would appear was tbe firft wife of t h e minifter Ananta. 



* Anaiu'ya', wife of Atki, is cclebr?,fed for her conjugal affcclion, 



* Ananta's fon, perhaps, by his fii.ft or fecond wife. 



§ I n d 2. a, chief of the deities, is be;e probably intended : I do not, howekri recoiled having before nut with 

 ihim under this title. 



U The younger brothers. paffibly, oFVatsa. 



5 I know not how to reconcile the apparent irregdarfty of thi. mention of SALtAdHAH'A befo« J at a 

 TA*M*,orher*ifethanbyruppofing their f.rher, wh> may have borne '.his name, ii here a'luded to, 



*• The Dodb, or country between (he-Gmgtt and Juma rivers. 



