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<ignore lang="en">HAMSASANDESAM
 
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<p lang="sa">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.
 
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<p lang="sa">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<error>witn</error><fix>with</fix> 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
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do service (by breathing gently on you) to you,
who has
arrived from afar, as if to a dear friend.
 
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<p lang="sa">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.
 
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<p lang="sa" merge-next="true">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

men of saintly austerity, having your body rendered
highly radiant, and having the entire universe clearly
 
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