Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c27.s1.t1.8

v2.c27.s1.t1.8

² I had one day thrown my net into this lake, which abounded with a variety of fish, when my pastime was interrupted by a message from the regent, Zalim Singh : “ Tell Captain Tod that Kotah and all around it are at his disposal ; but these fish belong to Kanhaiya.” I, of course, immediately desisted, and the fish were returned to the safeguard of the deity. [The killing of fish at certain lakes and streams is forbidden on account of their harmlessness (ahimsā), and thus naturally associated with the cult of a gentle deity like Krishna, and because they are believed to contain the spirits of the dead (Stein, Rājataraṅgiṇi, i. 185 ; Crooke, Things Indian, 221 ff.).]