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I, 15'. VISHNU AND THE GODDESS OF THE EARTH.
hymns recited at the beginning of the animal sacri-
fice ; his ornaments were the whirlpool of the milk
poured into the heated vessel (at the Pravargya
ceremony introductory to the Soma-sacrifice).
9. All sorts of sacred texts (the Gayatri and
others) were his path in marching; the mysterious
Upanishads (the Vedanta) were his couch ; he was
accompanied by his consort Kh&fi. (Lakshmi); he
was in size like the Mamsr/hga. mountain.
10. The lord, the creator, the great Yogin,
plunging into the one ocean from love of the
world,
11. Raised up, with the edge of his tusks, the
earth bounded by the sea together with its moun-
tains, forests, and groves, which was immersed in
the water of (the seven oceans now become) one
ocean, and created the universe anew.
12. Thus the whole earth, after having sunk into
(the lower region called) Rasatala, was in the first
place raised in the boar-incarnation by Vishnu, who
took compassion upon the living beings.
13. 14. Then, after having raised the earth, the
destroyer of Madhu placed and fixed it upon its
own (former) seat (upon the oceans) and distributed
the waters upon it according to their own (former)
station, conducting the floods of the oceans into the
oceans, the water of the rivers into the rivers, the
water of the tanks into the tanks, and the water of
the lakes into the lakes.
15. He created the seven (lower regions called)
Patalas1 and the seven worlds, the seven Dvipas
15.1 The seven Patalas are, Atala, Vitala, Sutala, Mahatala, Rasa-
tala, Talatala, and Patala; the seven worlds are, Bhur-loka, Bhuvar-
loka, Svar-loka, Mahar-loka, tzanar-loka, Tapar-loka, and Satya-
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hymns recited at the beginning of the animal sacri-
fice ; his ornaments were the whirlpool of the milk
poured into the heated vessel (at the Pravargya
ceremony introductory to the Soma-sacrifice).
9. All sorts of sacred texts (the Gayatri and
others) were his path in marching; the mysterious
Upanishads (the Vedanta) were his couch ; he was
accompanied by his consort Kh&fi. (Lakshmi); he
was in size like the Mamsr/hga. mountain.
10. The lord, the creator, the great Yogin,
plunging into the one ocean from love of the
world,
11. Raised up, with the edge of his tusks, the
earth bounded by the sea together with its moun-
tains, forests, and groves, which was immersed in
the water of (the seven oceans now become) one
ocean, and created the universe anew.
12. Thus the whole earth, after having sunk into
(the lower region called) Rasatala, was in the first
place raised in the boar-incarnation by Vishnu, who
took compassion upon the living beings.
13. 14. Then, after having raised the earth, the
destroyer of Madhu placed and fixed it upon its
own (former) seat (upon the oceans) and distributed
the waters upon it according to their own (former)
station, conducting the floods of the oceans into the
oceans, the water of the rivers into the rivers, the
water of the tanks into the tanks, and the water of
the lakes into the lakes.
15. He created the seven (lower regions called)
Patalas1 and the seven worlds, the seven Dvipas
15.1 The seven Patalas are, Atala, Vitala, Sutala, Mahatala, Rasa-
tala, Talatala, and Patala; the seven worlds are, Bhur-loka, Bhuvar-
loka, Svar-loka, Mahar-loka, tzanar-loka, Tapar-loka, and Satya-
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