DOI Seite / Zitierlink:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.640#0198
THE HINDOO MYTHOLOGY. 81
intense devotion. On awaking from this state he discovered
what had been done to him, and that he had suffered all
this from the hands of Yiimu, for having pierced the locust
when he was a child. He was exceedingly angry with
Yiimu for such unrighteous judgment. To punish a person
for a sin committed at the age of five yearifj and for so small
a crime to impale him for four years,' was what he ebuhl
not bear. He then cursed Yiimu, and doomed" him to he
born on earth, and to take the name of Vidoorit, the son of
a servant girl in the house of the mother of V«du.-vyasu.—
How the administration of justice in the other world was
carried on after Yiimu assumed human birth, this story
does not relate.—What an excellent religion for a wicked
man : the criminal can punish his judge! *
Cjamilu had committed the most enormous crimes, hav»
ing killed cows and bramhuns, drank spirits, and lived ih.
the practice of evil allhis days. He had four sons; the
name of one was Narayunti. In the hour of death tJjamiRi
was' extremely thirsty, and thus called to his sonr 'Nara-
yunti, Narayuna, Narayunti, give me some water.' After his
decease, the messengers of Yumti seized him, and were
about to drag him to a place of punishment, when Vish-
noo's messengers came to rescue him. A furious battle
ensued, but Vishnod's messengers'were victorious, and car-
ried off tJjamllu to Vbikoontu, the heaven ofVishnoo. The
messengers of Yumti, enraged, returned to their master,
threw their Clothes and staves at his'feet, and declared that
they would serve'him no longer, as"they got nothing but
disgrace in all they did. 'Yumti ordered Chitrii-gooptu,
the recorder, to examine his books. He did so, and re-
ported that this Cjamilu had been a most notSfious sinner^
and that it was impossible for him to reckon up his sins,
they were so numerous, Yiimu hastened to* Voikoonta?
Vol i, m
intense devotion. On awaking from this state he discovered
what had been done to him, and that he had suffered all
this from the hands of Yiimu, for having pierced the locust
when he was a child. He was exceedingly angry with
Yiimu for such unrighteous judgment. To punish a person
for a sin committed at the age of five yearifj and for so small
a crime to impale him for four years,' was what he ebuhl
not bear. He then cursed Yiimu, and doomed" him to he
born on earth, and to take the name of Vidoorit, the son of
a servant girl in the house of the mother of V«du.-vyasu.—
How the administration of justice in the other world was
carried on after Yiimu assumed human birth, this story
does not relate.—What an excellent religion for a wicked
man : the criminal can punish his judge! *
Cjamilu had committed the most enormous crimes, hav»
ing killed cows and bramhuns, drank spirits, and lived ih.
the practice of evil allhis days. He had four sons; the
name of one was Narayunti. In the hour of death tJjamiRi
was' extremely thirsty, and thus called to his sonr 'Nara-
yunti, Narayuna, Narayunti, give me some water.' After his
decease, the messengers of Yumti seized him, and were
about to drag him to a place of punishment, when Vish-
noo's messengers came to rescue him. A furious battle
ensued, but Vishnod's messengers'were victorious, and car-
ried off tJjamllu to Vbikoontu, the heaven ofVishnoo. The
messengers of Yumti, enraged, returned to their master,
threw their Clothes and staves at his'feet, and declared that
they would serve'him no longer, as"they got nothing but
disgrace in all they did. 'Yumti ordered Chitrii-gooptu,
the recorder, to examine his books. He did so, and re-
ported that this Cjamilu had been a most notSfious sinner^
and that it was impossible for him to reckon up his sins,
they were so numerous, Yiimu hastened to* Voikoonta?
Vol i, m