1884.] 
G. A. Grierson— Twenty-one Vaislinava Hymns. 
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oTcT JTf^ ^ II 
Si 
g?:jr, JTSf, niffi% ?;ciit, i^RctT % i 
^ Vtz JTJi^ ^TII 
1?; ITS! ^fftcT ^ i 
sf 
Si^ t II 
Jisr f^f^cf ^ | 
^sfcT %T3 II 
SJ 
inft ^51 ^ I 
^?;fisrcr ixm %ttc ^ li 
c\ 
JTT^f^ 5i3T?; siTirft 5 ?; ji?; jzit^ % 1 
^ilct X5Jr JT K’JXT SfiT HITJf || 
^5:^511^ H^r flil =ff< q?;?fiT ^ I 
f^qfcf si^r ^ 11 
si 
^fiqfT^ ^ II II 
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Translation 21. 
1. Tire clouds thunder without intermission, and pour continuous 
drops of rain. The throng of frogs is passionate, and the lightning 
flasheth."^ 
2. The lightning llasheth, the clouds thunder, and the frogs cry 
out. The darkness is intense, and the terrible midnight of the month of 
Bhado causeth confusion. 
3. The son of Devaki became incarnate, as it were (sweet) sandal 
wood for the people’s joy. He is praised byf the gods, saints, and men 
as the destroyer of Kamsa. 
4. The sun of the lotus of the house of Yadu rose, a well-spring of 
happiness to all men. Handa’sJ eyes were like the cliakor, and obtained 
bliss from the full autumn moon (of Krishna’s face). 
5. He excelled the spotless lotus-leaf in beauty, and his eyes the 
hlianjan. He was the destroyer of all calamities in the universe, and a 
bringer of happiness upon the earth. 
6. The bringer of happiness on the earth, the destroyer of calami- 
* It is needless to remind the reader that Krishna was born in a storm, under 
cover of which he was conveyed away beyond reach of Kamsa. 
t Note the force of f^rf here. 
J Krishna’s foster-father. 
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