CHAPTER XC.

Shree Shookdeo Jee said,--O great king! Shree Krishnù Chund constantly dwelt in the city of Dwarka, where increase and plenty flourished in the houses of all the descendants of Judoo; the men and women were decorated with jewels and ornaments, and had a lively appearance; they applied scents, sandal and perfumes to their bodies; the mahajuns had places cleanly swept and sprinkled with water in the markets, roads and cross-roads, where traders of different countries brought all kinds of articles of merchandize for sale. Here and there the inhabitants of the city amused themselves. In different places brahmins read the Vedas, and in every house persons recited the Pooranùs; holy and virtuous men sung the praises of Huri during the eight watches. Charioteers brought chariots, horses and bullocks, harnessed to the royal gate. Brave, bold, resolute, powerful descendants of Judoo in chariots and carriages, and mounted on elephants and horses came to pay their respects to the Raja. Persons of skill amused him by dancing, singing and playing upon musical instruments. Bards and panegyrists received elephants, horses, dresses, arms, grain, money and golden ornaments, studded with jewels, for celebrating his renown.

Having narrated thus much, Shree Shookdeo Jee said to the Raja, O great king! whilst Raja Oogursen engaged thus in various diversions in the metropolis of his empire, Shree Krishnù Chund, the root of joy, constantly amused himself with his sixteen thousand one hundred and eight wives. Sometimes the wives being overcome by their passion, made a figure in the likeness of Krishnù; and sometimes Huri, powerless from love, dressed his wives; and the sports and diversions they carried on together cannot be described. I cannot speak of them, they required to be seen. Shookdeo Jee after this said,--O great king! one night Shree Krishnù Chund was amusing himself with his women, when the celestial musicians and choristers, having beheld the various pastimes and diversions of Krishnù, played upon lutes, timbrels, pipes and kettle-drums, and sang of his excellent attributes; there was an harmonious concert, when, upon a thought occurring to Krishnù, whilst engaged in diversion, he took them all with him, and went to the banks of a tank, and going into the water began to sport and carry on pastimes in it; after this, his wives, whilst thus amusing themselves in the water, were overjoyed with love for Krishnù, and forgetting every thing, said, on seeing a ruddy goose and its mate, calling out to each other from opposite sides of the tank, “O Chukwee! why do you call out mournfully, and not sleep during the night, whilst separated from your mate? You call upon him in a very troubled and restless manner, you discourse of your beloved to us, we have become Krishnù’s slave girls.” Having thus spoken they went on. They then began to say to the sea, “O sea! thou who heavest deep sighs and remainest awake day and night, art thou afflicted at being separated from any one or grieved for the loss of thy fourteen jewels?” They then addressed the moon, “O moon! why dost thou continue emaciated and in low spirits, what! hast thou consumption, that thy form diminishes and increases daily, and thy body and mind are fascinated, as ours are on beholding Shree Krishnù Chund.”

Having recited thus much Shree Shookdeo Jee said to the Raja,--O great king! the women, in like manner, addressed all kinds of speeches to the air, clouds, cuckoos, hills, rivers and geese. Afterwards all his wives diverted themselves with Shree Krishnù Chund, and constantly attended upon him and sang of his excellences, and obtained whatever they desired and Krishnù carried on his domestic affairs in the manner prescribed for all virtuous house-keeper.

O great king! the sixteen thousand one hundred and eight wives of Shree Krishnù Chund whom I mentioned before, had each ten sons and one daughter, and their progeny was numberless, I have not the power to describe it; but I know so much, that there were three crores, eighty-eight thousand one hundred schools for instructing the offspring of Shree Krishnù Chund and the same number of schoolmasters. None of Shree Krishnù Chund’s sons or grandsons was deficient in beauty, strength, physical power, wealth or moral and religious merit, each one excelled and surpassed the other, how shall I attempt to describe them? The sage proceeded to say, O great king! I have sung of the games of Bruj and Dwarka, which confer pleasure upon all. Whoever shall sing of them with affection, shall undoubtedly obtain supreme and eternal happiness, and salvation. Whatever benefit is derived from religious penance, sacrifice, gifts, fasting, pilgrimage and bathing at holy places, the same benefit is derived from hearing, and reciting the history of Huri.

THE END.

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES II.

The _Prem Sagur_ (“Ocean of Love”) is Lallu Lal’s Hindi translation of Chaturbhuja Misra’s Braj Bhasa translation of the tenth chapter of the Sanskrit _Bhagavata Purana_. It recounts the legends of Krishna, the hero identified as an incarnation of Vishnu.

The D’Rozario & Co. reprint (Calcutta, 1863), the Edward Eastwick translation (Stephen Austin, London, 1851), and Pincott/Eastwick edition (Archibald Constable & Co., London, 1897) were consulted for some of the changes listed below.

Minor spelling inconsistencies (coss/koss, ecstacy/ecstasy, etc.), obsolete spellings (noctural (nocturnal), staid (stayed), etc.), and phonetic variants of names (Krishnù/Krishnu/Krishnú, etc.) have been preserved.

Also, the number of Krishna’s wives varies between 16,100, 16,108, and 16,800.

Alterations to the text:

Add TOC.

Fix some quotation mark pairings and nestings. Note: the narrator’s dialogue is often _not_ inside quotation marks.

[Chapter I]

“4. Whilst the Raja Pureechit was drowned in this sea of” delete _4._.

(“O son! what is this thou hast done why have you pronounced a curse on the Raja, under whose government we lived at ease; not a bird, nor a beast even was afflicted.) Add question mark after _done_ and change the semicolon to a question mark.

(to say, “O abode of compassion you have shown great mercy in) add exclamation mark after _compassion_.

Change “how their pride brought _Kawun and Koonbhkurun_ to such destruction” to _Rawun and Koombhkurun_.

“you destroyed the great demon, _Kawun_: and whenever devils” to _Rawun_.

[Chapter II]

“On the hearing this, the Raja Pureechit said to Shookdeo” delete the first _the_.

[Chapter III]

“joining its hands, came before him Vishnù said to it” add period after _him_.

[Chapter VI]

“the lucky moment, and exact, ray of light, and having considered” delete the comma after _exact_.

“on their foreheads, and given them pawn, (_betle_ leaf,) dismissed” to _betel_.

“the lines of fate cannot _he_ effaced by one. For this reason” to _be_.

[Chapter X]

“went and saved the milk; _Whilst_ Krishnù, having broken the vessels” to _whilst_.

[Chapter XII]

“of the trees falling, exactly as they had _occured_” to _occurred_.

[Chapter XIII]

“Brother! this is some very _frighful_ cave, do not let us go inside” to _frightful_.

[Chapter XIV]

“Brothers! this is a nice place, why need _We_ go farther?” to _we_.

[Chapter XVI]

“Shree _Shoodeo_ said,--O great king! when Shree Krishnù” to _Shookdeo_.

“of a kudum tree, placing, his head on the thigh of a companion.” Delete the second comma.

[Chapter XXIV]

(where the wives were cooking, and _said them_, “Shree Krishnù has) to _said to them_.

[Chapter XXXI]

(began to say,--“Tell me friend! where has Mohun gone) add comma after _me_.

[Chapter XXXVII]

(touch other persons.” _Krihsnù_ replied, “I will summon all the) to _Krishnù_.

“and the _cowherdessess_ and cowherds, to celebrate with songs” to _cowherdesses_.

[Chapter XLVI]

“We will accomplish, whatever you may order us to perform.” Delete the comma.

“First of all send an invitation to all their _brethen_” to _brethren_.

“there is a demon, named _Sunkasoor_, in the form of a shell” to _Sunkhasoor_.

[Chapter XLVII]

“I will give an account now how Shree _Kishnù_ Chund brought” to _Krishnù_.

(whether they still continued to love him Nund added, “Give me) add period after _him_.

“although other bees _buz_ over it during the whole night” to _buzz_.

[Chapter L]

“O lord of the earth! when Shree _Khrishnù_ Jee heard these words” to _Krishnù_.

[Chapter LI]

“the descendants of Judoo with you, _proctect_ the fort.” to _protect_.

[Chapter LII]

(be released from it.” Shree Krishnù Jee; said, “Listen,) delete the semicolon.

[Chapter LIII]

“There is a saying, that it most fitting to contract marriages” add _is_ after _it_.

“Raja _Rheekmuk_ was at first very sad, when he heard these” to _Bheekmuk_.

“Rookum has given thee to Sissoopal; and now Rookmunee, you have become a queen.” add comma after _now_.

“pillars formed of sprouting _plaintain_ were fixed in the earth” to _plantain_.

[Chapter LIV]

“Shree _Kishnù_ Chund, having thus inspired the brahmin” to _Krishnù_.

“to receive them: and having, met the bridegroom with great honour” delete the comma.

“for the reception of the _bridegroon_ and his train, entertained” to _bridegroom_.

[Chapter LV]

(performing the ceremony “Arta,” _showerd_ down flowers) to _showered_.

“where Rajas _Oorgursen_, Soorsen, Basoodeo and all the grandees” to _Oogursen_.

[Chapter LVII]

“conferring happiness and wealth; _Worship_ it continually,” to _worship_.

“and suffering great _afflction_, they began to weep and lament” to _affliction_.

(explained all his anxieties to his wife His wife said, “O husband!) add period after the first _wife_.

[Chapter LVIII]

“went thence to Akroor, joining his hands bowing his head,” add comma after _hands_.

“and came to Shree Krishnù Chund, the _extirpater_ of grief” to _extirpator_.

“and there was abundance All the distress and want that had been” add period after _abundance_.

[Chapter LX]

“Tell me what answer I am to take back from you to this _requst_” to _request_.

“he ate up all the _sweatmeats_ and other confections” to _sweetmeats_.

[Chapter LXI]

“abandoning your worship, _medidation_, prayers, penance and guidance” to _meditation_.

[Chapter LXIII]

(at hearing Banasoor, thus address him, and began to say himself, “I granted) delete the first comma and add _to_ after _say_.

“Shree _Krishuù_, will descend upon the earth in the family of Judoo” to _Krishnù_.

(Chitrekha replied, “How shall he escape me?” _Chitreka_ proceeded to) to _Chitrekha_.

[Chapter LXIV]

“Banasoor worshipping calling to mind, and meditating upon Shree Muhadeo Jee” add comma after _worshipping_.

[Chapter LXV]

“as to reckon the number of cows Raja _Narug_ gave away” to _Nurug_.

[Chapter LXVI]

“all the cowherds’ _chidren_ came running out, when they saw the flag” to _children_.

“all the materials, necessary for the festival were immediately produced.” Delete the comma.

[Chapter LXIX]

“and all the _Kuoruvùs_ rose haughtily and went to their homes” to _Kouruvùs_.

[Chapter LXXII]

“came Shree Krishnù Chund Jee; _Wherever_ they encamped, a handsome” to _wherever_.

[Chapter LXXIII]

(I have still one desire.” Krishnù enquired, “What _it is_?”) to _is it_.

“the world has been deceived by your delusive power you behave towards us as a mortal” add exclamation mark after _power_.

“the money you have given me to whom shall I go now, and ask for more?” add comma after _me_.

“my business is to keep watch in a _cemetry_, and to receive a tax” to _cemetery_.

“and died from excess of the hunger _het hen_ endured, and afterwards” to _he then_.

[Chapter LXXV]

“Do not use your _amrs_ against him, stand here and look on” to _arms_.

[Chapter LXXVI]

“clearing away what food was left, and the _treachers_, formed of leaves” to _trenchers_.

“on the contrary, their character was _enchanced_” to _enhanced_.

[Chapter LXXVII]

“when Shree Krishnù Chund and Bulram Jee were at _hustinapoor_” to _Hustinapoor_.

“he constantly rose up and _eat_ a handful of sand; and performed difficult penance” to _ate_.

[Chapter LXXVIII]

“this man is without good _qualites_, avaricious and proud” to _qualities_.

[Chapter LXXIX]

“O great king! when Sounuk and all the saints, and sages having received Bulram Jee’s order” delete the comma after _saints_.

[Chapter LXXX]

“and he had nothing to eat, One day Soodama’s wife being” change the comma to a period.

[Chapter LXXXII]

“and Renooka _came stood_ near her husband’s body, she rolled upon the ground” to _came and stood_.

“I have had no _controul_ in these matters, the condition or” to _control_.

[Chapter LXXXIII]

“O great king! listen, whilst I _gave_ an account of the conversations” to _give_.

[Chapter LXXXV]

(Krishnù enquired, “_What it was_?” Dewukee Jee replied, “Son! grief) to _What is that_.

“when the _inhabitatns_ heard this, there was joy throughout the city” to _inhabitants_.

[Chapter LXXXVI]

“explained to Buldeo all the _secreets_ connected with the carrying off Soobhudra” to _secrets_.

“having beheld the sincere faith of of those two worshippers” delete one _of_.

[Chapter LXXXVII]

“for this reason, that one _diety_ is both without, and with passions” to _deity_.

“when fourteen worlds became the _semblence_ of water” to _semblance_.

“and that on what _sidesoever_ we look, there you are presented” to _side soever_.

[Chapter LXXXIX]

“prepared to be burnt upon it with his bow and _arows_ having then” to _arrows_.

“upon the head of the king of the serpent _face_ was an ornamented throne” to _race_.

“flowers reaching to his feet, and a _pearl of necklace_” to _necklace of pearls_.

[Chapter XC]

“holy and virtuous men sung, the praises of Huri during the eight watches” delete the comma.

“surpassed the other, how shall I attempt to describe them.” change period to question mark.

“Whatever benefit is derived from, religious penance, sacrifice, gifts, fasting, pilgrimage” delete comma after _from_.

[End of text]