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THE MAHABHARATA
In the vicinity of that city
there lived the demon Baka.
him, the city could not get a
(Ekachakra),
Infested by
saviour.
आसाद्य तु वनं तस्य वर्क भीमो बभञ्ज ह ।
ततः प्रभृति रक्षांसि तत्र सौम्यानि [भारत ] ॥
Bhima went to the forest of Baka and
killed him. From that time, demons
were well-behaved in Ekachakra.
वसत्सु तेषु प्रच्छन्नं व्यासस्तान्मुनिरब्रवीत् ॥
When they were (thus) living incognito, sage
Vyasa told them :
' आसीत्तपोवने काचिदृषेः कन्या महात्मनः ।
नाध्यगच्छत्पति सा तु कन्या रूपवती सती ॥
"In a certain penance-grove, there was
the daughter of a high-souled sage; beautiful
and virtuous, that maiden did not obtain
a husband.
'तोषयामास तपसा सा किलोग्रेण शङ्करम् ।
तामथ प्रत्युवाचेदमीशानो वदतां वरः ।
पञ्च ते पतयो भद्रे भविष्यन्तीति भारताः" ॥
THE MAHABHARATA
In the vicinity of that city
there lived the demon Baka.
him, the city could not get a
(Ekachakra),
Infested by
saviour.
आसाद्य तु वनं तस्य वर्क भीमो बभञ्ज ह ।
ततः प्रभृति रक्षांसि तत्र सौम्यानि [भारत ] ॥
Bhima went to the forest of Baka and
killed him. From that time, demons
were well-behaved in Ekachakra.
वसत्सु तेषु प्रच्छन्नं व्यासस्तान्मुनिरब्रवीत् ॥
When they were (thus) living incognito, sage
Vyasa told them :
' आसीत्तपोवने काचिदृषेः कन्या महात्मनः ।
नाध्यगच्छत्पति सा तु कन्या रूपवती सती ॥
"In a certain penance-grove, there was
the daughter of a high-souled sage; beautiful
and virtuous, that maiden did not obtain
a husband.
'तोषयामास तपसा सा किलोग्रेण शङ्करम् ।
तामथ प्रत्युवाचेदमीशानो वदतां वरः ।
पञ्च ते पतयो भद्रे भविष्यन्तीति भारताः" ॥