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THE HINDOO MYTHOLOGY. §
fell upon Prulhadii, but he received no injury. The father
next gave him poison, but without effect. At length, wea-
ried of trying to kill him, he said, ' Where does your pre-
server Vishnoo dwell ?' * He is every where,' says Prulhadii.
f Is he then in this pillar ?' ' Yes/ said the son. ' Then,' said
Hirunyu-kiishipoo, ' I will kill him,' and gave the pillar a
blow with his stick—when Vishnoo, in the form of half-
lion, half-man, burst from the pillar; laid hold of Hirunyu-
kiishipoo by the thighs with his teeth, and tore him up the
middle. This was in the evening, so that it was neither
in the day nor in the night; it was done under the drop-
pings of the thatch, about which the Hindoos have a
proverb, that this place is out of the earth; he was not
killed by a man, but by a being half-man, half-lion: so
that the promise of Briimha to him was not broken. Vish-
noo next destroyed Hirtinyakshu. After the death of his
father, Prulhadii began to worship Vishnoo under the form
which he had assumed, and with tears enquired into the
future fate of his father. Vishnoo assured him, that as he
had died by his hands, he would surely ascend to heaven.
Vishnoo was so pleased with the praises which Pmlhadu
bestowed on him, that he began to dance, hanging the
entrails of Hiriinyu-kushipoo round his neck. By Vishnoo's
dancing the earth began to move out of its place, so that
Brumha and all the gods were frightened, but durst not go
near him. However, at the entreaties of Prialhadu, Vishnoo
gave over dancing; the earth became fixed, and Vishnoo
gave Prulhadii this promise, that by hjs hands none of his
race should die.
The fifth-is the Vamumi incarnation, Prulhadu's grand-
son Bulee followed the steps of his great-grandfather, and
.committed every kind of violence. In contempt of the
gods, he made offerings in his,own name. He performed
the fishwume'dhu sacrifice one hundred times, by which he
fell upon Prulhadii, but he received no injury. The father
next gave him poison, but without effect. At length, wea-
ried of trying to kill him, he said, ' Where does your pre-
server Vishnoo dwell ?' * He is every where,' says Prulhadii.
f Is he then in this pillar ?' ' Yes/ said the son. ' Then,' said
Hirunyu-kiishipoo, ' I will kill him,' and gave the pillar a
blow with his stick—when Vishnoo, in the form of half-
lion, half-man, burst from the pillar; laid hold of Hirunyu-
kiishipoo by the thighs with his teeth, and tore him up the
middle. This was in the evening, so that it was neither
in the day nor in the night; it was done under the drop-
pings of the thatch, about which the Hindoos have a
proverb, that this place is out of the earth; he was not
killed by a man, but by a being half-man, half-lion: so
that the promise of Briimha to him was not broken. Vish-
noo next destroyed Hirtinyakshu. After the death of his
father, Prulhadii began to worship Vishnoo under the form
which he had assumed, and with tears enquired into the
future fate of his father. Vishnoo assured him, that as he
had died by his hands, he would surely ascend to heaven.
Vishnoo was so pleased with the praises which Pmlhadu
bestowed on him, that he began to dance, hanging the
entrails of Hiriinyu-kushipoo round his neck. By Vishnoo's
dancing the earth began to move out of its place, so that
Brumha and all the gods were frightened, but durst not go
near him. However, at the entreaties of Prialhadu, Vishnoo
gave over dancing; the earth became fixed, and Vishnoo
gave Prulhadii this promise, that by hjs hands none of his
race should die.
The fifth-is the Vamumi incarnation, Prulhadu's grand-
son Bulee followed the steps of his great-grandfather, and
.committed every kind of violence. In contempt of the
gods, he made offerings in his,own name. He performed
the fishwume'dhu sacrifice one hundred times, by which he