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HAMSASANDESAM
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end 27. On nearing that town, make a low obeisance
with your head bent low down in reverential faith (to the
town) which was born (created) at first in the beginning of
Krita yuga by the mere wish of Brahma Deva, and in
whose streets, the dust raised by (the hoop of) the steed of
the Lord of Elephant Hill is worn thankfully on their
heads by the chiefs among Gods.
aided sig
28. And then, the fragrance-bearing breeze, the
revered one, he who comes out of the mango grove that
is lightly shaken, he who bears witn him the (cool) dew
from the moon on the head of Pasupati (living) on one side
of her (the town), he who loves the assemblage of lotuses
in the waters of the Kampa, he will surely approach and
who has
no nas
do service (by breathing gently on you) to you,
arrived from afar, as if to a dear friend.
29. In the middle of the town, there is the Goddess
of your birds, the wife of the Lotus-born (Brahma) bearing
the worshipfnl name of Vega (river), divided into seven
mighty streams, corresponding to the (seven) groups of
letters (of the alphabet), the revered, worshipped through-
out (not in one part of her course alone) by the Gods, and
beautiful with her clear, sweet, free (unimpeded) flowing
waters.
30. Having bathed in the sacred water named
Sarasvata there (in that river), (in the Tirtha) which des-
troys the sins of mankind in general, along with sinless
men of saintly austerity, having your body rendered
highly radiant, and having the entire universe clearly
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end 27. On nearing that town, make a low obeisance
with your head bent low down in reverential faith (to the
town) which was born (created) at first in the beginning of
Krita yuga by the mere wish of Brahma Deva, and in
whose streets, the dust raised by (the hoop of) the steed of
the Lord of Elephant Hill is worn thankfully on their
heads by the chiefs among Gods.
aided sig
28. And then, the fragrance-bearing breeze, the
revered one, he who comes out of the mango grove that
is lightly shaken, he who bears witn him the (cool) dew
from the moon on the head of Pasupati (living) on one side
of her (the town), he who loves the assemblage of lotuses
in the waters of the Kampa, he will surely approach and
who has
no nas
do service (by breathing gently on you) to you,
arrived from afar, as if to a dear friend.
29. In the middle of the town, there is the Goddess
of your birds, the wife of the Lotus-born (Brahma) bearing
the worshipfnl name of Vega (river), divided into seven
mighty streams, corresponding to the (seven) groups of
letters (of the alphabet), the revered, worshipped through-
out (not in one part of her course alone) by the Gods, and
beautiful with her clear, sweet, free (unimpeded) flowing
waters.
30. Having bathed in the sacred water named
Sarasvata there (in that river), (in the Tirtha) which des-
troys the sins of mankind in general, along with sinless
men of saintly austerity, having your body rendered
highly radiant, and having the entire universe clearly