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1884.] G. A. Grierson— Translation to Man^hodh^s Harihans. 
other) behind him, and twisting his left knee, he set it before him4 
(30) With violent challenges he planted his hands, for greatly skilled in 
wrestling was the lord of Vraja. (Chanura), who had wrestled^ mnch, 
came np, saying “ Wait Lek^ me pound thee.” He rubbed earth 
on his great stout arms, (and appeared) in no way smaller than Knmbha- 
karna. He himself was deceitful and mighty, and his caste was very 
vile; so for a space there was a great boxing^ match. Putting their 
heads down close together,® Krishna put forth his hand, and several 
times clasped him only round the neck. (35) Strong-armed (Krishna) 
pressed him down with one arm.^ Who was it that taught him that 
trick^ there ? Adopting that trick Krishna warded him oh, and knowing 
himself to be powerless® (against Chanura after performing it), instant- 
lyio released himself. So also when Krishna seized him Chanura in 
like manner reserved^^ (a counter trick). And seeing that, the hearts 
of good men became glad.^^ In this way,^® the wrestling lasted for a 
long t im e4^ And every now and then they would walk round^^ each 
other, and clap their own hands (in defiance). At length in the arena^® 
Krishna gave up tricks to the Naty^t ^nd swooping on him, struck him 
^ I. e., knelt down on kis left knee. 
2 see note to v. 1. 
3 an interjection meaning “ Wait!” The ^ means ‘ wait.’ 
is probably Bhojpuri, and means lit. ‘ Let me wait.’ 
^ Bbojpuri, 1 sing. pres. conj. 
3 in s,n oblique form. The compound means ‘ a boxing on a 
vj vj 
boxing,’ ‘ a mutual boxing,’ like XTTfx note,® p. 17. 
® Lit.y ‘ making their heads approach,’ a posture in wrestling. 
^ JiTfr, is the special name of a trick at wrestling, consisting in 
pressing down (^ jfTiT) the opponent with one arm. 
® the technical term for a trick at wrestling. = ^T?RT, ‘ then.’ 
^ An unusual meaning of 
^ ‘immediately.’ Cf. Mth. Chr. Sal. 19, ^ 
a/ = ‘ preserve,’ = ; hence, ‘ reserve.’ Read 
^2 / = H. a/ ^TT. They were glad because they saw that the two 
' O * ’ vl 
were equal. 
TX instr. governed by It corresponds to the Vedic ‘by this,’ which 
was lost in later Sanskrit, but has been preserved in Mth. 
‘ time ’ is here feminine. 
^3 circling,’ cf. Mth. Chr. Sal. 7. 
toi' W, loc. of 
Nats are a tribe of gypsies who arc famous for their wrestling powers. Hence 
the word is used for any great wrestler. The meaning is that Krishna left all such 
