1884.] G-. A. Grierson —Translation to Manhodli s Harihans. 5 
know this; (10) but if thon doubt ber (on this account) at the time of the 
birth of the child, yea, bind her and cast her into prison.” Kamsa did 
as Vasndeva recommended, for who can wipe out what is written of his 
fate ? He to whom the Creator was evil-disposed understood (the counsel to 
be right), set guards (on Devaki) and so was secure. He gave 
instruction to the governor of the prison, and six infants became subject 
to death: with regard to the seventh a report spread of a miscarriage, 
but that child was conveyed to the lap of Hohini. 
(15) Then Toga Hidra struck them with some of her enchantment, 
and, like men drunk, the guards fell asleep upon the earth. Remember¬ 
ing the eighth day of the dark half of the month Bhado, at night, the 
Great Lord came and was born. In his (four) hands he bare the discus, 
club, lotus, and conch; Devaki’s soul was filled with grieB as she 
gazed upon him. She saith to Vasndeva with hands humbly clasped, 
“ Kamsa is a tiger, and we are like a lame hind”. (To Krishna she saith) 
“ Give up, I pray,^ thy four-armed form, if not Karada wilB assuredly 
incite^ Kamsa to s6me evil deed.”^ (20) The Friend of the poor, the 
Lord of the lordless gave heed unto her words, and remained with 
two hands. When the Great Lord took birth, so thick a darkness spread, 
and so fierce a rain-storm began, that the very points of the compass 
were forgotten ; animals and birds themselves lost all sense of direction. 
If you were to attempt to sew with a threaded needle, on merely touch¬ 
ing it you would be sure to prick yourself^ and nothing more. The 
heavens thundered, and the clouds poured forth water, and therefore 
the Lord of serpents (S'esha) spread his hood (over Krishna to shelter 
him). (25) Great was the courage of Vasudeva as he succeeded 
in conveying Hari to Gokula. To whom slialF I tell of the joy of 
^ Bate’s ' to be struck with horror. ’ 
^ is said to be the Skr. This would be the regular Prakrit form of the 
xj vj ^ 
word, but is not found in literature, the usual forms being (Yara. IX, 6) or? 5 f 
(Hem. II, 198) : however, itself occurs in Prakrit (e. g., Bhagavati, p. 266), so 
xj" 
that is quite a possible formation. 
3 jjp; is the old form of the sign of the future, see Gram. § § 133, 120. 
4 lit. ‘stir up,’ hence, ‘incite,’ cf. ‘a pottage stirrer.’ The 
word is not in Bate. 
® Lit. If, having taken a needle, you were to (try to) pierce anything, and to 
thread the thread, if you were to touch it with your hard, then it would catch only 
in your hand (i. e., prick you), and are for &c., 2, 
hon. pres, conj., cf. page 2, note is emphatic for 
is sign of the future, see note above. 
