Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v3.c43.t1.356

v3.c43.t1.356

Near the dishonoured fragments of Ganesa, and on the point of losing his equilibrium, is the divine Narada,¹ the preceptor of Parbati, and the Orpheus of Hindu mythology. In his hands he yet holds the lyre (vina), with whose heavenly sounds he has been charming the son of his patroness; but more than one string of the instrument is wanting, and one of the gourds which, united by a sounding board, form the vina, is broken off [710].