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covered their eyes with dust, and unseen by them mangled them to pieces. He then flew away with the amṛta, not drinking it himself. He met with Viṣṇu nn his way and they agreed that G. should stay above Viṣṇu, sitting nn the flagstaff of his chariot and be his vehicle, and be immortal and free from disease without drinking amṛta. While G. was flying Indra hurled his thunderbolt at him. G. did not feel the slightest pain, but in honour of Dadhīca and Indra and the thunderbolt G. dropped a feather, and from its beauty he gained the name Suparṇa (I, 33). Indra and G. made friendship with each other, aud agreed that G. should not give the soma to anyone for drink. Indra should bring it away after it had been put down by G., and G. should feed on the snakes. The snakes declared Vinatā to be free; G. placed down the soma on some kuça grass, and while the snakes were performing their ablutions, their daily devotions, and other religious rites, Indra took up the amṛta and returned to heaven. When the snakes licked the kuça grass their tongues were divided in twain, and the kuça grass, from the contact with the amṛta, became sacred from this time (I, 34): I, 32, 1471 (*pakṣirāt*), 1477, 1485, 1494; 33, 1509, 1513;