Bhagavata Condensed in the Poetʼs Own Words /212

RY OF CULTURE
 
G
 
JITAL
 
She placed on His shoulders that

beautiful garland of fresh lilies, resonant

with the hum of the cluster of drunken

bees, and stood by His side ; the Lord,

the Father, made His own chest the best

abode of the Mother, the Goddes of all

prosperity.
 
GOVERNMENT OR
 
मित्रा
 
KURMA AVATARA
 

 
अथासीद्वारुणी देवी कन्या कमललोचना ।

असुरा जगृहुस्तां वै हरेरनुमतेन ते ॥
 

Then there arose the young goddess of

wine, with eyes like the red-lotus ; with

the permission of Lord Hari, the demons

took her.
 

 
अथोत्दतिष्ठत्पुरुषः सुभगः सिंहविक्रमः ।

अमृतापूर्णकलशं बिभ्रद्वलयभूषितः ।

स वै भगवतः साक्षाद्विष्णोरंशांशसम्भवः ।

धन्वन्तरिरिति ख्यात आयुर्वेदहदृगिज्यभाक् ॥
 

Then arose a beautiful person, adorned

with armlets and of lion-like strides,

bearing a jar filled with nectar. He was

a partial incarnation of Lord Hari Him-

self, known as Dhanvantari, the founder

of the science of medicine and one who

had a share in sacrificial offerings.