| 31.This
Vapi, which was caused to be made by Ganda, is pure, is of large dimensions, have sweet
water and is named Amrita. This Vapi, whose water is being drunk by hundreds of
brass-buckets which make pleasant rippling sound, seems to laugh at the ocean, though its
water was drunk by the sage Agastya born from a Kumbha (an earthen water jar) 32.He, desirous as he was of acquiring religious merit, renewed the
Chandika near the God Shiva, who is adorned by the moon.
33.What person can rival this treasure of virtues, who, on
(the days of) the solar and lunar eclipses, worshipped, at every step, learned and
meritorious Brahmanas who came to him, after giving them al (kinds of) gifts, and
who pleased also the earth by making regular gifts, well-known on the surface of the
earth, on the five holidays. |
