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342 THE HINDOO MYTHOLOGY.
the government; but feigning himself deaf, dumb, &c. de-
parted from the city, and entered the forest, to perform the
rites of an ascetic: on which account our sovereign, accom-
panied by a great multitude, left this city, to practise the
rites of an anchorite near his son.' The illustrious mon-
arch, hearing what they said, was overjoyed, and s«id,' I
also will become a hermit: by what gate did your sovereign
depart ?' They replied, ' By the east gate.' The king, ac-
companied by his attendants, departing out at the east gate,
went toward the banks of the river. Muha-sutwu, in-
formed of his approach, came from the forest, and, by the
power of his devotion being seated in the air, declared the
mellifluous sayings; on hearing which, this king also, with
his army, became hermits under Muha-siitwu. In like
manner, three other kings left their kingdoms, with an in-
tention of taking Varanusee; but like the former they
embraced a forest residence with Booddhii-sutwu. The
elephants and horses became wild; the chariots fell to
pieces; the coin of the treasuries, mingled with the sand of
the hermitage, was reduced to earth; and the whole con-
course of people, having accomplished their austerities,
went to heaven. The elephants and horses, having had
their minds enlightened in the society of the sages, were
reproduced in the six abodes of the gods.
Sutwii, closing these virtuous instructions, said, ' O ye
mendicants, when I formerly left the city, I truly departed;
but this is not the period of my departure.' He then col-
lected together the Jatu. At that time, the daughter of
the goddess, who guarded the umbrella, and the charioteer,
were reproduced; the angel became Cniroodhu; the father
and mother were reproduced in an illustrious family; the
remaining multitude were reproduced as the assembly of
Booddhu. 'I, the deaf, lame, and dumb, am declared to
be God.'
the government; but feigning himself deaf, dumb, &c. de-
parted from the city, and entered the forest, to perform the
rites of an ascetic: on which account our sovereign, accom-
panied by a great multitude, left this city, to practise the
rites of an anchorite near his son.' The illustrious mon-
arch, hearing what they said, was overjoyed, and s«id,' I
also will become a hermit: by what gate did your sovereign
depart ?' They replied, ' By the east gate.' The king, ac-
companied by his attendants, departing out at the east gate,
went toward the banks of the river. Muha-sutwu, in-
formed of his approach, came from the forest, and, by the
power of his devotion being seated in the air, declared the
mellifluous sayings; on hearing which, this king also, with
his army, became hermits under Muha-siitwu. In like
manner, three other kings left their kingdoms, with an in-
tention of taking Varanusee; but like the former they
embraced a forest residence with Booddhii-sutwu. The
elephants and horses became wild; the chariots fell to
pieces; the coin of the treasuries, mingled with the sand of
the hermitage, was reduced to earth; and the whole con-
course of people, having accomplished their austerities,
went to heaven. The elephants and horses, having had
their minds enlightened in the society of the sages, were
reproduced in the six abodes of the gods.
Sutwii, closing these virtuous instructions, said, ' O ye
mendicants, when I formerly left the city, I truly departed;
but this is not the period of my departure.' He then col-
lected together the Jatu. At that time, the daughter of
the goddess, who guarded the umbrella, and the charioteer,
were reproduced; the angel became Cniroodhu; the father
and mother were reproduced in an illustrious family; the
remaining multitude were reproduced as the assembly of
Booddhu. 'I, the deaf, lame, and dumb, am declared to
be God.'