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Matsyapurana 146.67

Matsyapurāṇa 146.67

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Sanskrit

146.67

tatastu megharūpeṇa tasyāḥ kledayadāśramam
bhīṣikābhir anekābhis tāṃ kliśyanpākaśāsanaḥ //

He began to make a noise by beating pitchers and broke down cucumber gourds and jars, etc. and afterwards began to terrify her in the form of a sheep and caused disturbances in the hermitage. Later on he coiled round her legs in the form of a serpent and dragged her away to a great distance and made her go about at several places all over the world. The powerful lady was strong with her tapasyâ so Indra could not kill her. Indra next assumed the form of a jackal (or a frog) and began to pollute her Aśram. Indra then assumed the form of a cloud and drenched the monastery with rain and when Indra did not cease to cause her annoyance the consort of the Daitya Vajrâṅga thinking it to be the mischief of the mountain she made up her mind to curse him (the mountain) when the latter appeared before her, in human form and said fearfully :—64-69.

A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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