Storia do Mogor 247.6

247.6

The fifth incarnation was as a dwarf, and here is the description they give : Once upon a time there reigned in this world a single king, called Magapelly Chacarvartey (Maha-ball Chakravartl). To seize and destroy this king, Vishnu took upon himself the form of a Brahman dwarf, extremely small. Then, coming to visit the king, he asked from him as a grace the grant of a plot of ground, three feet long, to build a house for himself. At the time the king had at his side as counsellor the Morning Star, who perceived that this demand was from an enemy, and to prevent acquiescence it placed itself by magic arts in the king's elbow. The king, to signify that he had granted the Brahman's request, had, according to the custom of the country, to pour water into his right hand. But the magic was no great success. The king finding that the movement of his elbow was impeded, without his knowing the cause, decided out of pique to have it opened with a lancet. In so doing one eye of Morning Star, who was hindering him, was destroyed. Then he poured the water into the right hand of the Brahman dwarf in proof of his granting the three feet of ground asked for.