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 when Malyavan shall hear this talc from Kanabhuti, then Kanabhuti shall be released, and thou, Malyavan, when thou hast published it abroad, shalt be free also." Having thus spoken the daughter of the mountain ceased, and immediately those Ganas disappeared instantaneously like flashes of lightning. Then it came to pass in the course of time that Gauri full of pity asked Siva, "My lord, where on the earth have those excellent Pramathas* whom I cursed, been born?" And the moon-diademed god answered : "My beloved, Pushpadanta has been born under the name of Vararuchi in that great city which is called Kausarnbi.† Moreover Malyavan also has been born in the splendid city called Supratishthita under the name of Gunadhya. This, goddess, is what has befallen them." Having given her this information with grief caused by recalling to mind the degradation of the servants that had always been obedient to him, that lord continued to dwell with his beloved in pleasure-arbours on the slopes of mount Kailasa, which were made of the branches of the Kalpa tree.‡

Then Pushpadanta wandering on the earth in the form of a man, was known by the name of Vararuchi and Katyayana. Having attained perfection in the sciences, and having served Nanda as minister, being wearied out he went once on a time to visit the shrine of Durga.§ And that goddess, being pleased with his austerities, ordered him in a dream to repair to the wilds of the Vindhya to behold Kanabhuti. And as he wandered about there in a waterless and savage vood,|| full of tigers and apes, he beheld a lofty Nyagrodha tree.¶ And near it he saw, surrounded by hundreds of Pisachas, that Pisacha Kanabhuti, in stature like a Sala tree.