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SECOND DEFENCE OF THE
vindicate my assertion, beg to be allowed to mention
a few instances in point, with the authorities on which
they rest. As I have already noticed the debauchery
of Krishna, and his gross sensuality, and that of his
fellow-deities, such as Siva and Bruhma, in the
147th, 148th, and 150th page of my reply to
the observations of Sunkar Sastri, instead of repeating
them here, I refer my readers to that reply, also to the
tenth division of the Bhaguvut, to the Hury-Bunsu or
last division of the M-aha-Bharuth, and to the Nigums,
as well as to the several Agums, which give a detailed
account of their lewdness and debauchery. As to
falsehood, their favourite deity Krishna is more cons-
picuous than the rest. Jura-Sundh, a powerful prince
of Behar, having heard of the melancholy murder of
his son-in-law perpetrated by Krishna, harassed, and
at last drove him out of the place of his nativity
(Muthoora) by frequent military expeditions. Krishna,
in revenge, resolved to deprive that prince of his life
by fraud, and in a most unjustifiable manner. To
accomplish his object, he and his two cousins, Bheema
and Urjoona, declared themselves to be Brahmuns and
in that disguise entered his palace ; where, finding him
weakened by a religious fast, and surrounded only by
by his family and priests, they challenged him to fight
a duel. He accordingly fought Bheema, the strongest
of the three, who conquered and put him to death.—
Vide Subha Purba or second Book of the Maha-Bharuth.
Krishna again persuaded Yoodhisthir, his cousin, to
- give false evidence in order to accomplish the murder
of Dron, their spiritual father.— Vide Dron Purba, or
seventh Book of the Maha-Bharuth.
SECOND DEFENCE OF THE
vindicate my assertion, beg to be allowed to mention
a few instances in point, with the authorities on which
they rest. As I have already noticed the debauchery
of Krishna, and his gross sensuality, and that of his
fellow-deities, such as Siva and Bruhma, in the
147th, 148th, and 150th page of my reply to
the observations of Sunkar Sastri, instead of repeating
them here, I refer my readers to that reply, also to the
tenth division of the Bhaguvut, to the Hury-Bunsu or
last division of the M-aha-Bharuth, and to the Nigums,
as well as to the several Agums, which give a detailed
account of their lewdness and debauchery. As to
falsehood, their favourite deity Krishna is more cons-
picuous than the rest. Jura-Sundh, a powerful prince
of Behar, having heard of the melancholy murder of
his son-in-law perpetrated by Krishna, harassed, and
at last drove him out of the place of his nativity
(Muthoora) by frequent military expeditions. Krishna,
in revenge, resolved to deprive that prince of his life
by fraud, and in a most unjustifiable manner. To
accomplish his object, he and his two cousins, Bheema
and Urjoona, declared themselves to be Brahmuns and
in that disguise entered his palace ; where, finding him
weakened by a religious fast, and surrounded only by
by his family and priests, they challenged him to fight
a duel. He accordingly fought Bheema, the strongest
of the three, who conquered and put him to death.—
Vide Subha Purba or second Book of the Maha-Bharuth.
Krishna again persuaded Yoodhisthir, his cousin, to
- give false evidence in order to accomplish the murder
of Dron, their spiritual father.— Vide Dron Purba, or
seventh Book of the Maha-Bharuth.