22; G. A. Grierson —Translation to ManhocVi’s JTaribans. [Sp. iSToi 
rushed as doth the demon of eclipse when he seeth the snn. Hari 
(merely) held ont one arm before himself, and that (arm) he thrnsG 
down the great^ mountain cavern.^ By the might of Krishna that arm 
swelled, (10) so that the Asnra burst down his middle, and for a hundred 
roods'^ around, the earth was overspread with blood. (In each half), was 
one eye, one ear, and one leg. He fell into two exact halves, as this 
virtuous poet relateth. As Krishna had touched a dead Asura (he 
became unclean), and so took some Ganges water to purify himself. 
On the back of a cloud was Karada then riding, and (seeing this) 
he began to say with modesty, “ This is he whom the Asuras fear, and of 
whom Indra is in terror.^ They are unable to digest what they eat from 
this fear. (15) So great an Asura as this he has killed, laughing the 
while. Kow all the desires of the gods have been carried out. Great 
happiness has been my share, and more will I obtain. The day after to¬ 
morrow will I come to (see) the fight with Kamsa.” Saying this Karada 
Muni sowed® the seed (of enmity), and at the same time prepared^ the 
way for Akrtira. 
Akriira did not stay in Mathura to eat, and arrived at Gokula 
as the sun was setting. From a distance he saw Kanda’s doorway, 
and close by a crowd^ of Gowalas. Amongst them he saw the Well- 
spring of Happiness, like a full moon surrounded by stars. His golden 
diadem shone brightly^, his garments were yellow, ^nd his teeth like the 
pearls found in an elephant’s forehead. Hot a fresh lotus, nor an Apard-^ 
jitd flower, nor the blossom of the linseed^® was equal to him in grace. 
Close to his diadem were peacock’s feathers, whose eyes would put to 
shame^^ an autumn lotus. From his two ears hung earrings in shape 
like the Mahara, and they completed his beauty as happens in the case 
1 Lit., he caused to lie on the ground of the great mountain cavern. 
2 for fern, of ‘ great.’ 
3 ‘ a cavern.’ 
4 A is a square measure of land. 
3 here, means not ‘fear,’ hut ‘an object of fear.’ ^ is active, and 
means ‘ fear.’ The causal form is ^ 
^ ‘ sow.’ f?Rf, lit. ‘ sesamum,’ here ‘ the seed of enmity.’ 
‘ shape,’ ‘ manner,’ ‘ form,’ here, ‘ preparation.’ 
^ RJW?!, compare 6, 1. 
with pleonastic initial Of. in 5, 35. Or possibly 
it is a corrirpt form of the Skr. 
Lit., ‘ make black.’ 
