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The
Legend of Godavari
This
legend is still more fantastic, and is the longest, perhaps for the
characters involved in this are numerous, and time it encircled too
is many yugas. It begins with Brahma's striking his axe at Prayaga
to preparing, a sacrificial alter in the presence of devas and
manavas for performing a sacrifice for Viswasreyas. The axe
unearthed a chest. A lady of unparalleled beauty and myriad charms
emerged, when it was opened. Her bewitching beauty was so
hypnotizing that everyone among the assembled - gods, sages, kings,
warriors wanted to marry her. To averting the disaster, Brahma
declared that; he who returned first making a bhupradakshana
-- going round the earth, would be 'eligible to marry her. At once,
there began a marathon race with every biped participating.
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