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. Then, seated on a full-blown lotus, and holding a water-lily in her hand, the goddess ลrรญ, radiant with beauty, rose from the waves. The great sages, enraptured, hymned her with the song dedicated to her praise 7. Viลwavasu and other heavenly quiristers sang, and Ghritรกchรญ and other celestial nymphs danced before her. Gangรก and other holy streams attended for her ablutions; and the elephants of the skies, taking up their pure waters in vases of gold, poured them over the goddess, the queen of the universal world. The sea of milk in person presented her with a wreath of never-fading flowers; and the artist of the gods (Viswakermรก) decorated her person with heavenly ornaments. Thus bathed, attired, and adorned, the goddess, in the view of the celestials, cast herself upon the breast of Hari; and there reclining, turned her eyes upon the deities, who were inspired with rapture by her gaze. Not so the Daityas, who, with Viprachitti at their head, were filled with indignation, as Vishnฬu turned away from them, and they were abandoned by the goddess of prosperity (Lakshmรญ.)
The powerful and indignant Daityas then forcibly seized the Amrita-cup, that was in the hand of Dhanwantari: but Vishnฬu, assuming a female form, fascinated and deluded them; and recovering the Amrita
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from them, delivered it to the gods. ลakra and the other deities quaffed the ambrosia. The incensed demons, grasping their weapons, fell upon them; but the gods, into whom the ambrosial draught had infused new vigour, defeated and put their host to flight, and they fled through the regions of space, and plunged into the subterraneous realms of Pรกtรกla. The gods thereat greatly rejoiced, did homage to the holder of the discus and mace, and resumed their reign in heaven. The sun shone with renovated splendour, and again discharged his appointed task; and the celestial luminaries again circled, oh best of Munis, in their respective orbits. Fire once more blazed aloft, beautiful in splendour; and the minds of all beings were animated by devotion. The three worlds again were rendered happy by prosperity; and Indra, the chief of the gods, was restored to power 8. Seated upon his throne, and once more in
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heaven, exercising sovereignty over the gods, ลakra thus eulogized the goddess who bears a lotus in her hand:--
"I bow down to ลrรญ, the mother of all beings, seated on her lotus throne, with eyes like full-blown lotuses, reclining on the breast of Vishnฬu. ...
Parรกลara proceeded.--Thus, Maitreya, in former times the goddess ลrรญ conferred these boons upon the king of the gods, being pleased by his adorations; but her first birth was as the daughter of Bhrigu by Khyรกti: it was at a subsequent period that she was produced from the sea, at the churning of the ocean by the demons and the gods, to obtain ambrosia
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PARรลARA.--Lakshmรญ, the bride of Vishnฬu, was the daughter of Bhrigu by Khyรกti. They had also two sons, Dhรกtri and Vidhรกtri, who married the two daughters of the illustrious Meru, รyati and Niryati; and had by them each a son, named Prรกnฬa and Mrikanฬdฬa. The son of the latter was Mรกrkanฬdฬeya, from whom Vedaลiras was born 1. The son of Prรกnฬa was named Dyutimat, and his son was Rรกjavat; after whom, the race of Bhrigu became infinitely multiplied.
Sambhรบti, the wife of Marรญchi, gave birth to Paurnamรกsa, whose sons were Virajas and Sarvaga. I shall hereafter notice his other descendants, when I give a more particular account of the race of Marรญchi 2.
The wife of Angiras, Smriti, bore daughters named Sinivรกlรญ, Kuhu,
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[paragraph continues]Rรกkรก, and Anumati (phases of the moon 3). Anasรบyรก, the wife of Atri, was the mother of three sinless sons, Soma (the moon), Durvรกsas, and the ascetic Dattรกtreya 4. Pulastya had, by Prรญti, a son called in a former birth, or in the Swรกyambhuva Manwantara, Dattoli, who is now known as the sage Agastya 5. Kshamรก, the wife of the patriarch Pulaha, was the mother of three sons, Karmasa, Arvarรญvat, and Sahishnฬu 6. The wife of Kratu, Sannati, brought forth the sixty thousand Bรกlakhilyas, pigmy sages, no bigger than a joint of the thumb, chaste, pious, resplendent as the rays of the sun 7. Vaลishtฬha had seven sons by his wife Urjjรก, Rajas, Gรกtra, รrddhabรกhu, Savana, Anagha, Sutapas, and ลukra, the seven pure sages 8. The Agni named Abhimรกnรญ, who is the eldest born of
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[paragraph continues]Brahmรก, had, by Swรกhรก, three sons of surpassing brilliancy, Pรกvaka, Pavamรกna, and ลuchi, who drinks up water: they had forty-five sons, who, with the original son of Brahmรก and his three descendants, constitute the forty-nine fires 9. The progenitors (Pitris), who, as I have mentioned, were created by Brahmรก, were the Agnishwรกttas and Varhishads; the former being devoid of, and the latter possessed of, fires 10. By them, Swadhรก had two daughters, Menรก and Dhรกranรญ, who were both acquainted with theological truth, and both addicted to religious meditation; both accomplished in perfect wisdom, and adorned with all estimable qualities 11. Thus has been explained the progeny of the
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daughters of Daksha 12. He who with faith recapitulates the account, shall never want offspring.
Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 2
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