The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-12-12


 Duryodbana. Then Kshatriyas, natives
 of Avanti, named Vahusalin and V~jra-
 mustn't became the friends of this Brah-
 man. And some other persons, sons of
 ministers from the southern country, who
 had been conquered by him in wrestling, and were attached to virtue, resoTted to
 him through friendship for him which
 they sought of themselves. Mahabala and
 Vyaghrabhata and also one named Nish-
 thuraka entered into friendship with him
 Once upon a time, as the seasons passed
 away, Sridatta, being companion of the
 Raja's son, went with these friends to
 amuse themselves upon the banks of the
 Gapges. Then the princes own servants
 made him king, and also Sridatta at the
 same time was elected Raja by his
 friends. ln the meantime, the prince
 being apgered, and filled with vengeance. quickly summoned his Brahman here to
 fight. Then, being conquered in wrest-
 ling by Sridatta, and thus disgraced, he
 made up his mind that this prosperous
 hero should be put to death. And Sri.
 data, knowing this purpose of the prince
 and being alarmed, went away rom his presence with his friends. And going
 along he saw woman in the middle of the Gans ses, who was carried by the force of the water, like the Goddess of For. tune in the sea. Then he undertook to tx ricate her from the water, leaving Van husaheia and his friends on the bank
 And the woman, though se'zed by the hair, sank deep in the water, and the man in order to follow her, dived after her. And having dived down, Sridatta immediately saw then wonderful tenn pie of Siva, but no water or woman. Having beheld ,his great marvel and being wearied, he spent that night there ln beautiful garden. And early in the morning, she having come to worship the god, Siva, was seen by him, like the incarna'e form of beauty accompanied
 with womanly charms. And having worshiped the god, the moon faced one went to her own house, and Sridatta fol- lowed her. And he saw her d~ selling, a splendid city of the gods. The naughty woman entered hurriedly, in contempt uous manner And this slender woman, without speaking to any one, sat down upon couch in the inner apartment of her dwelling, served by a thousand slaves. Sridatta also sat down near her then suddenly this noble woman began to weep. The drops of tears contip pu ally fell down upon her two breasts, and at that moment compass'o on entered into the heart of Sridatta. And then he asked her, Who are you, and what is your grief2 Tell me, beautiful one, for am able to relieve it. Then she spoke with difficulty. We are the thousand grand children Of B .li, the prince of Dai,yas am the eldest of them, and am called Vidy u'prabha. And our grandfA her was led away by Vishnu into long impris- onmenS and our father was killed in a wrestling fight by that hero. And after having been slain by him, we were ex pelled from our own city, and lion was placed there to hinder our entrance into it. The place is guarded by him, and our hearts are filled with grief. And this is Y4ksha who was made lion by the curse of Kuvera, and it was told long ago that his curse would end when he should be overcome by mortal; and V.sHnu being enquired of, pointed out to us the way by which we could reach our ciy Hence this lion, our enemy, must be con- quered by you. For this reason my hero, you were conducted here by me. After conquering him, you Till obtain from him a sword calico Mriganka, through the power of which you will conquer the world and become a Rsja.' Having heard that Sridatta con sented to it, and tn It day having passed upon the next day, taking those Daitya maidens in front of him, he went to tha, city, and then he conquered in wrestling that naughty lion. He. being releases from his curse, was changed into hu man form, and being pleased gave his sword to this one who had brought his curse to an end, and then went away rom sight with the burden of the sorrow of the beautiful woman of the great Asura Then Sridatta with the daughter of the D .itya and her younger sister catered that magn 6cent city, which was like Anansa, manifested in bodily form. Ano he daughter of the DAi,ya gave to him ring that would destroy poison. And the ' oung man standing there became eu