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cried for mounting the elephant. Without any forethought, I
placed him on the head of the animal and when our army was
destroyed and the elephant killed, the child fell down on the
ground and I got bewildered. Fortunately he is not hurt.'
"When the woman finished her tale, I clasped the child to
my bosom. Then our chief returned after destroying the king;
and seeing the child in my hands, he asked me to take him on
horseback to Vindhyasenā." The king and the queen fainted
with sorrow when they heard that their friend was no more;
but the old man consoled them saying that he was safe. The
king accepted the child and called him Apahāra because
of his captivating appearance.
(Av. Sāra III. 78-93; Av. pp. 171-73; end lost)
Story of Upahāravarman
Presently there came a sage carrying a child in his arm
with striking resemblance to Apahāra and addressed the king
as follows: "I made a pilgrimage to the holy Ganga and when
returning through a forest, I happened to take rest at noon in
a village which was a haunt of wild beasts and inhabited by a
few bewildered people. On the shade of a caitya tree sat an
old man mad in appearance and covered with itches all over
the body. From him I learnt that the village was afflicted by
epidemics and that the inhabitants were taking all sorts of
remedial measures. Not far from the village I saw an old
woman bleeding from wounds just inflicted on her body.
When I asked her what reduced her to that miserable state,
she said, in brief: 'Sir, I belong to the household of the king
of Videha. When our master was passing through the
Vindhya forest he was attacked by hunters. I slipped from the
main body and wandered in the forest day and night carrying
the child of the king. When I lay down to rest my wearied
limbs a tiger mauled me, and crouched for a spring on the child;
but it fell into a trap set by hunters and was killed. The
hunters have carried away the tiger and also the child. Kindly
rescue the prince from the hands of death.
what happened to the elder baby whom my daughter carried.'
(Av. Sāra III. 94-106; Av. portion lost)
I do not know
"Hearing this, I started at once in search of the
child. When I proceeded a little further, I found a group of
Kiratas who were on the point of making a present of the
child to the Goddess Vindhyavāsinī and holding discussion as
him.
to the best way of putting an end to
I went to
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cried for mounting the elephant. Without any forethought, I
placed him on the head of the animal and when our army was
destroyed and the elephant killed, the child fell down on the
ground and I got bewildered. Fortunately he is not hurt.'
"When the woman finished her tale, I clasped the child to
my bosom. Then our chief returned after destroying the king;
and seeing the child in my hands, he asked me to take him on
horseback to Vindhyasenā." The king and the queen fainted
with sorrow when they heard that their friend was no more;
but the old man consoled them saying that he was safe. The
king accepted the child and called him Apahāra because
of his captivating appearance.
(Av. Sāra III. 78-93; Av. pp. 171-73; end lost)
Story of Upahāravarman
Presently there came a sage carrying a child in his arm
with striking resemblance to Apahāra and addressed the king
as follows: "I made a pilgrimage to the holy Ganga and when
returning through a forest, I happened to take rest at noon in
a village which was a haunt of wild beasts and inhabited by a
few bewildered people. On the shade of a caitya tree sat an
old man mad in appearance and covered with itches all over
the body. From him I learnt that the village was afflicted by
epidemics and that the inhabitants were taking all sorts of
remedial measures. Not far from the village I saw an old
woman bleeding from wounds just inflicted on her body.
When I asked her what reduced her to that miserable state,
she said, in brief: 'Sir, I belong to the household of the king
of Videha. When our master was passing through the
Vindhya forest he was attacked by hunters. I slipped from the
main body and wandered in the forest day and night carrying
the child of the king. When I lay down to rest my wearied
limbs a tiger mauled me, and crouched for a spring on the child;
but it fell into a trap set by hunters and was killed. The
hunters have carried away the tiger and also the child. Kindly
rescue the prince from the hands of death.
what happened to the elder baby whom my daughter carried.'
(Av. Sāra III. 94-106; Av. portion lost)
I do not know
"Hearing this, I started at once in search of the
child. When I proceeded a little further, I found a group of
Kiratas who were on the point of making a present of the
child to the Goddess Vindhyavāsinī and holding discussion as
him.
to the best way of putting an end to
I went to