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4.1 Agastya retires.

Continuing the narration, 厂奴迟补 informed the sages that Agastya retired to his hermitage after offering 搁腻尘补 the instructions on 笔腻艣耻辫补迟补 vow.

4.2 Observation of 笔腻艣耻辫补迟补 Vow.

搁腻尘补 immediately, went to the sacred Ramagiri, on the banks of river 骋辞诲腻惫补谤颈, installed the 艢颈惫补 尝颈峁単补 and observed the vow by smearing his body with 惫颈产丑奴迟颈 and wearing 谤耻诲谤腻办峁�a. 搁腻尘补 propitiated the 尝颈峁単补 by doing the 补产丑颈峁�e办补 with holy waters from 骋补耻迟补尘墨 (Sindh奴 or 骋辞诲腻惫补谤颈) and offering the Lord wild flowers and fruits.

4.3 Severe Penance.

Sitting on tiger skin 搁腻尘补 started reciting the 艢颈惫补 厂补丑补蝉谤补苍腻尘补, living only on fruits for a month, on leaves alone in the subsequent month, living on water alone in the third month and 础产丑颈箩帽腻苍补 艢腻办耻苍迟补濒补 艢颈惫补 had not appeared, started the fourth month by living only on air. He was deeply absorbed on the inimitable form of 艢颈惫补 with Um膩 础产丑颈箩帽腻苍补 艢腻办耻苍迟补濒补 his consort, the God with four arms, three eyes and with matted hair, splendorous like millions of suns and cool like millions of moons, wearing serpents 础产丑颈箩帽腻苍补 艢腻办耻苍迟补濒补 ornaments and even 础产丑颈箩帽腻苍补 艢腻办耻苍迟补濒补 sacred thread and tiger skin 础产丑颈箩帽腻苍补 艢腻办耻苍迟补濒补 his dress.

4.4 艢颈惫补鈥檚 appearance.

At the end of fourth month, while 搁腻尘补 was thus absorbed, there was a tremendous sound resembling the churning of ocean with Mandara mountain and fall of Tripura under attack from the arrows of Rudra. 搁腻尘补 hearing the deluge like sound lost sense of direction and seeing a superlative efflorescence in front of him, thought it 础产丑颈箩帽腻苍补 艢腻办耻苍迟补濒补 an action of demons and stood up to attack the same with his battery of arrows like 膧驳苍别测补, 痴腻谤耻峁嘺, Soumya [Saumya?], Mohana, Saura and 笔腻谤惫补迟补. But all efforts by 搁腻尘补 came to a nought and all arrows fell on the effulgence and were absorbed 础产丑颈箩帽腻苍补 艢腻办耻苍迟补濒补 rain water in the ocean. Suddenly even his bow and quiver slipped and fell and seeing this 尝补办峁�m补峁嘺 fell in a swoon and 搁腻尘补, helpless, began chanting 艢颈惫补 厂补丑补蝉谤补苍腻尘补 in all his concentration, repeatedly prostrating before the splendid light, falling like a stick on the ground, closing his eyes. Again there was another tumult making the quarters resound, shaking the entire earth and out of sheer fright when 搁腻尘补 opened his eyes, he beheld the beautiful Nandi 础产丑颈箩帽腻苍补 艢腻办耻苍迟补濒补 if a lump of butter^[1] emerging out of the churning of ambrosia. The Nandi was bedecked with horns capped with gold and resplendent with emerald green, with its looks shining like sapphire gems and its neck covered by a short piece of wool.

4.5 Host of Gods escorting 艢颈惫补.

搁腻尘补 saw with trepidation, 惭补丑腻诲别惫补, the supreme Lord seated on the bull, pure like a crystal,^[2] wearing tiger skin, adorning a serpent 础产丑颈箩帽腻苍补 艢腻办耻苍迟补濒补 his sacred thread, with tawny matted hair glowing like lightning. 搁腻尘补 saw a very youthful 笔补谤补尘别艣惫补谤补 adorning his head with the moon, an epitome of existence, consciousness and bliss; with mother 笔腻谤惫补迟墨, the most beautiful, sitting by his side. She was wearing divine garland, with blue lotus eyes and her body aglow with gooseflesh resulting from the embrace of Lord 艢颈惫补. The hosts of Gods like 痴颈峁ａ箛耻, 叠谤补丑尘腻 were with their consorts and were chanting 艢r墨 Rudra and other Gods chanting 厂腻尘补惫别诲补. He saw 骋补苍别艣补 mounted on his mouse vehicle and Lord 厂耻产谤补丑尘补峁噛补, the six faced, mounted on his peacock; many 峁涐梗颈蝉 extolling the Lord with Atharva 艣颈谤补蝉 and the great Nagas like Ananta worshipping the Lord and his consort with 艢惫别迟腻艣惫补迟补谤补 hymns and Kaivalya 鲍辫补苍颈峁�a诲.

4.6 搁腻尘补 in epiphany.

Cande艣a and Mah膩kala, retinues of 艢颈惫补 and K膩l膩j帽i Rudra with his terrific form and 叠丑峁涐箙驳颈谤颈峁璱 with his three feet and irregular form dancing along with Pram膩tas and Kinnaras and a group of brahmins were chanting the holy hymn of Tryambaka^[3]. 狈腻谤补诲补 was on his 惫墨峁嚹� recital while Ramba and U峁泇as墨 were performing celestial dance. He saw a host of Gandharvas like Citraratha and saw Kambala and 础艣惫补迟补谤补 who adorned 艢颈惫补鈥檚 ears 础产丑颈箩帽腻苍补 艢腻办耻苍迟补濒补 rings, Pannagas called 碍补辫腻濒补 and Kambala singing and felt his life鈥檚 mission accomplished. Praising the Lord with thousand names, 搁腻尘补 prostrated again and again and was overwhelmed with joy and epiphany.^[4]

Thus ends chapter four of 艢颈惫补-g墨t膩.

Footnotes and references:

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[1]:

Ibid IV-24 and 25

[2]:

Ibid IV-27 and 28

[3]:

Tryambaka鈥攖丑别 惭补丑腻尘谤耻迟测耻帽箩补测补 mantra鈥攚hich appears in 艢r墨 Rudrapra艣na, the ultimate eulogy on Lord 艢颈惫补鈥斺�淲e worship the fragrant three-eyed One, who confers ever increasing prosperity; let us be saved from the hold of death, like the cucumber freed from its hold; let us not turn away from liberation鈥�

[4]:

Vide 艢颈惫补 G墨t膩 IV-52