Chip, VL 
the Eaft-India Vagans, 
879 
and looking upon it with a jealous Eye, 
call^l together the Rains (difpofed in 
Twelve peculiar pla<:es) ordering them 
to pour down their Waters upon the 
l ields and Cottages of thefe Cowherds : 
They were ready to obey, and pourM 
forth fuch prodigious fliowers of Rain, 
that the Fields being all laid under Wa- 
ter, Men and Bealls were upon the point 
'-■ of being drown'd. The Cowherds high- 
Jy fiirpriz'd at the oddnefs of the thing 
(it being in the dry Moujjon) had once 
more recourfe to A.'//)/.-?, who orderM them 
to get up to the top of the Mount Oodcn 
Pcrmt till the Rains ceafed •, and they 
had no fboner obey'd his Orders, but he 
cook the whole Mountain, with Cattcl, 
Men and all upon his little Finger, and 
lifted them up feven times higher than 
the Waters could rife. 
The Rains finding their Endeavours 
fruj[lrated,return'd to Inder^ and told him, 
that they had pour'd down their Waters 
feven days and nights without intermilTi- 
on, but in vain, there being a certain 
Perfon in thofe parts who could lift the 
whole Mountain with his little Finger in- 
to the Air. Raja Inder then perceiving 
his Error, came to Kifna to make his 
Excufe, and difmounting from his Ele- 
phant, beg'd forgivenefs for having at- 
tempted any thing againft him, pleading 
his ignorance, and as a token of his Re- 
pentance, prefented him with theCcw- 
doga^ or Cow of Plenty, which Ki[na 
was pleas'd to accept of, and pardon'd 
his fault. 
Not long after Kifna coming home one 
day, found his Mother bufy in putting 
ibme Pearls on a String ^ he ask'd her 
from what Tree (he had gather'd them ; 
but fhe anfwering, that fhe never knew 
Pearls to grow on Trees, but only in 
Kifna r-'>- Oiiler-lhells, Kifna took one of the big- 
duccs jr gelt, which he had no fooner put into the 
FenrL trcc. ground, but they faw a Pearl-Tree fprout 
totth full of the molt exquiiite Pearls. 
The Mother (landing amaz'd, and ready 
to worlhip him, he caus'd the Tree to 
vanifh immediately. 
Soon after fome of the Cowherds and 
their Wives as they were walking in the 
Foreft, agreed to walh themfelves in the 
MJ:i£s River Kifna efpying them at a diflance, 
mrt mth fecretly got all their Clothes, and getting 
' upon an adjacent Palm-tree, had his 
fport to fee them coming naked out of 
the Water without being able to find 
their Clothes : They were not a little fur- 
priz'd at firft, but looking up and feeing 
Kjfna in the Palm-tree, they defir'd him 
CO reflore their GlotheSj which he told 
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them (to try the Modefty of the Women) 
he would, provided they would come 
underneath the Tree j but they excufing 
the matter, he threw tiie Women theif 
Clothes. 
At a certain time Kifna taking a walk 
with the other Cowherds, they chofc him 
their King, and every one had his place 
aiiign'd him under the new King. There 
livd among them a certain charitable 
Brahman^vihok Wife (without the know- 
ledg of her Husband) paid her daily 
Devotions to Kifna^ who fent two of his 
Meflengers to let her know, that being 
difpofed to make merry at her Houfe 
with fome of his Companions, Ihe fliould 
provide fomething for their Entertain- 
ment. The Mefiengers meeting with the 
Brahman told him the Mellage, who told 
them, that he knew nothing of Kifna^ 
neither would he make any Entertainment 
for him. With this Anfwer they return'd 
to Kifna^ who chiding them for their 
miftake, bid them fpeak to the Woman •, 
which being done accordingly, fhe no 
fooner heard the Name of Ktfna^ but 
making a low Reverence, to work ftie 
went, and having drefs'd five or fix good 
Difhes with a handfom Defert, flie carried 
them her felf to Kifm^ begging him to 
accept of what fhe was unworthy to 
offer, which he did, and gave her his 
Bleffingi that as long as fhe liv'd fhe 
fhould want for nothing, and that after 
her Deceafe her Soul fhould not tranfrai- 
grate * into another Body ; but that be- 
ing purified by him, fhe fhould go di- 
redly to Heaven. 
Kifna with his Companions having 
feafted plentifully upon what the Brah- 
man's Wife had brought them, as they 
were returning home met with fome Milk- 
maids, unto whom Kifna told, that they 
muft not pafs by without paying Toll to 
him,who was King of the Place. The Maids 
not thinking he had been in earneft went 
on their ways ; but Kifna with his Stick 
breaking their MilkVeffels, one of them 
was fo exafperated thereat, that fhe made 
Complaint thereof to his Mother, who 
calling him to an account for this Out- 
rage, he deny'd the matter ^ but his Mo- 
ther believing the contrary told him, 
that he had broken the Peace, and that 
if it fhould come to Ragiah Ear, he might 
be punifh'd for it : He replyM, I did 
not know I had done them any wrong ^ 
but as for Ragia Kan's Anger I don't fear 
it, tho he knew it to morrow. 
It happen'd not long after, that in a 
certain Moonfhiny Night in the Month 
^Ifoor (in which begins the New Year) 
Uuuuu Kifna 
Is choferi 
King. 
mejc Pa-' 
gans look, 
upon it as 
A fmgulaT 
Blefwg 
when their 
Souls are 
not to enter 
into other 
Bodies. 
