1S84. j G-. A. Grrierson —Translation to ManTodh'’s Tlafihuns^ 
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Hari had told her (to supply him with sandal) sufficient for two 
persons,^ and Kamsa’s desire was all that was left in the vessel.^ Then 
the Hero of the house of Yadu having anointed^ his whole body with the 
sandal, went about the city, seeing (the sights). He saw Kamsa’s 
armoury, and said to himself, “ Let me take steps of hostility^ against 
him.” (30) He asked the keeper politely v/here the bow was of which 
the sacrifice was to take place. By means of his power and cleverness, 
on his asking, he (managed to be allowed to) lift up the bow, which was 
fated not to be the object of sacrifice, in his hand. With extreme ease 
he strung the string, and like the inner^ filament of a lotus he snapped it. 
The crash filled the whole of Mathura, yet when they heard it, no one 
understood^ what had happened. The two brothers did not halt there, 
but started'^ off immediately, and the keeper went to Kamsa and told 
him what had happened. (35) From the arrival of Akrura, he understood 
(that Krishna also had come), but on the breaking of the bow, he saw the 
fact clearly.^ 
All the cowherds who had come from Gokula (in attendance on 
Krishna) stopped at Akriira’s doorway. Who can tell the feasting^ in 
honour of Hari ? They had food of all the six flavours, and of the 
thirty-six kinds. Let us praise the joy of the wife of Akrura, although 
she was very modest,^^ still she wished also to look at (Krishna), 
^ €f. Bangali is tlie Arabic 
^ A very difl&cult passage. It is literally, ‘ and tbe soul of Kamla was left in 
the vessel.’ Kubja was tbe maid-servant in charge of Kamsa’s sandal-wood, and 
sbe gave all sbe bad (wbiob was just sufficient for two persons) to Krishna. The 
Pandits explain that tbe vessel being empty, only the desire (^'5^) of Kamsa 
remained in it, i. e., that there was no sandal-wood left for him. The use of to 
mean ‘ desire’ is peculiar, 
‘ the preliminaries of a fight.’ 
the white inner stalk of a lotus. 
® c/. note p. 23. Here the lit, translation is " (its true 
meaning) appeared to no one.’ 
7 y fw^, ‘ start off quickly.’ 
^ ^ ‘ clearly.’ 
9 q‘ the feasting in honour of a guest.’ 
is the act of sweeping the veil across the face, which a woman does 
before a strange man. A bold woman only does this slightly (ifj^ ^I^^), but a 
modest one covers her whole face (^^ There is a well-known riddle 
(a wife asks her husband, ‘what is that which) I give to 
another and not to you ?’ The answer is 
