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G. A. Grierson —Translation to Man'hodVs Haribans. [Sp. Ko. 
Having got certain news of the arrival of Hari, Kamsa sent for 
Oliannra and Mnshtika; (40) and said to them, “ Ye are my wrestlers, 
up to this day have I cherished you. I will act to you as your own 
brother, and in the morning will I divide the land and give ye half.’^ 
When the two wrestlers heard this they rejoiced,^ for they were men 
whose play (at wrestling) was famous in the world. Said they, “ If 
they come before us, not one of the two shall be allowed to go^ away 
alone.” Then Kamsa called his elephant-driver, and told him the whole 
tale from beginning to end. (45) “Bring,” said he, “ Kuvalaya Pida 
at dawn, and warily place him by the doorway (to the place of sacrifice). 
Understand how thou must carry out the business. Act so that Krishna 
may not be able to approach.” Next morning there was a cry of indig¬ 
nation in the city, for the honest men thought that the fight (between 
such wrestlers and Krishna) would not be fair, and condemned^ it. 
The poet Man’bodh in his hearU seeth this, that it is^ proper that 
I shonld now describe the arena. 
End of Book VIII. 
Book IX. 
The wrestling-floor extended over a whole league (in all directions), 
and (at the idea of) seeing the wrestling,^ the minds of even the old 
men became excited. (They cried) “ Let me also join in the sports, let 
me also try a fall. There is delay (about their coming) ; here, catch hold 
of my cloth.”7 In their various proper places hundreds of thousands 
of lejims^ were deposited, and excellent heaps of wrestler^s earth^ piled 
^ ^ W, ‘ be glad.’ 
2 obi. verb, noun governed by lTT^9tfT, making a permissive compound. 
3 ^ ‘ say no,’ hence, ‘ disapprove.’ 
^ ®bl. of 
3 is here impersonal. 
6 ‘the act of wrestling;’ cf. ‘a gymnast’s exercise/ in Eamayan j 
not in Bate. 
7 ‘ clothes generally,’ not in Bate. 
8 A is a bar hung with iron rings, which gymnasts hold in their two 
hands above their heads. The exercise is supposed to strengthen the shoulders. 
Not in Bate. 
^ is the earth of an old granary (%t;^) which wrestlers rub upon 
their bodies. 
