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40 THE HINDOO MYTHOLOGY.
This depraved woman, O afflicter of enemies, knowing
Shukrii'' in the disguise of a sage, through wantonness
consented, he being king of the gods. The chief of the
gods having perpetrated his crime, she thus addressed him:
' O chief of gods, thou hast accomplished thy design, speedi-
ly depart unobserved. O sovereign of the gods, effectually
preserve thyself and me from Goutumu.' Indru smiling
replied to Cliulya, ' O beautiful one, 1 am fully pleased; I
will depart; forgive my transgression.' After this, he, O
Rami!, with much caution left the hermitage, dreading the
wrath of Goutumu. At that instant he saw Goutumu enter,
resplendent with energy, and, through the power of sacred
austerities, invincible even to the godse; wet with the waters
of the sacred teer'thu f, as the fire moistened with clarified
butter?, he saw him coming to the hermitage, laden with
sacrificial wood, and the sacred kooshfi. Perceiving him,
Shiikru was overwhelmed with sadness. The sage clothed
in virtue, beholding the profligate lord of the gods in the
disguise of a sage, in dreadful anger thus addressed him : 'O
profligate wretch, assuming my form thou hast perpetrated
this crime: therefore become an eunuch.' At the word of
the magnanimous and angry Goutumu, the thousand-eyed
god instantly became an eunuch. Deprived of manly energy,
and rendered an eunuch by the anger of the devout sage,
he, full of agonizing pain, was overcome with sorrow1*.
d A name of Indru, signifying strength.
* The Hindoos believe that the merit of works is such as to be sufficient
to raise a person higher than the gods themselves.
f Teert'hus are certain places esteemed peculiarly sacred by the Hin-
doos. Bathing in these places is reckoned highly meritorious.
« That is, the fire of the burnt offering.
* Other accounts say, that Goutiimii imprinted a thousand female marks
upon him as proofs of his crime, and that Indru was so ashamed, that he
petitioned GoutiiuBu to deliver him from hjs disgrace. The sage, therefore,
This depraved woman, O afflicter of enemies, knowing
Shukrii'' in the disguise of a sage, through wantonness
consented, he being king of the gods. The chief of the
gods having perpetrated his crime, she thus addressed him:
' O chief of gods, thou hast accomplished thy design, speedi-
ly depart unobserved. O sovereign of the gods, effectually
preserve thyself and me from Goutumu.' Indru smiling
replied to Cliulya, ' O beautiful one, 1 am fully pleased; I
will depart; forgive my transgression.' After this, he, O
Rami!, with much caution left the hermitage, dreading the
wrath of Goutumu. At that instant he saw Goutumu enter,
resplendent with energy, and, through the power of sacred
austerities, invincible even to the godse; wet with the waters
of the sacred teer'thu f, as the fire moistened with clarified
butter?, he saw him coming to the hermitage, laden with
sacrificial wood, and the sacred kooshfi. Perceiving him,
Shiikru was overwhelmed with sadness. The sage clothed
in virtue, beholding the profligate lord of the gods in the
disguise of a sage, in dreadful anger thus addressed him : 'O
profligate wretch, assuming my form thou hast perpetrated
this crime: therefore become an eunuch.' At the word of
the magnanimous and angry Goutumu, the thousand-eyed
god instantly became an eunuch. Deprived of manly energy,
and rendered an eunuch by the anger of the devout sage,
he, full of agonizing pain, was overcome with sorrow1*.
d A name of Indru, signifying strength.
* The Hindoos believe that the merit of works is such as to be sufficient
to raise a person higher than the gods themselves.
f Teert'hus are certain places esteemed peculiarly sacred by the Hin-
doos. Bathing in these places is reckoned highly meritorious.
« That is, the fire of the burnt offering.
* Other accounts say, that Goutiimii imprinted a thousand female marks
upon him as proofs of his crime, and that Indru was so ashamed, that he
petitioned GoutiiuBu to deliver him from hjs disgrace. The sage, therefore,