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Vidura Inquires About the Pracetās  548    Dhruva's Son Utkala Does Not Desire the Throne  551    Vatsara Elevated to the Royal Throne  556    King Vena Cursed by the Sages  560    Sacrifice Performed by King Aṅga  564    King Aṅga Offers Oblations to Viṣṇu  571    Vena as Grandson of Death Personified  574    King Aṅga Gives Up His Home  579
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
The Story of King Vena    583
Vena Installed on the Throne  584    King Vena Stops Religious Rituals  587    The Great Sages Speak to King Vena  592    Qualifications of a Pious King  597    King Vena Replies to the  Brāhmaṇas   602    King Vena Condemned by the Sages  606    Sunīthā Preserves the Dead Body of Vena  610    Bāhuka Born from the Thighs of Vena  617
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
King Pṛthu's Appearance and Coronation    621
Male and Female Born of the Arms of Vena  622    The Goddess of Fortune Incarnated as Arci  625    King Pṛthu Is Placed on the Throne  629    King Pṛthu Speaks  634
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Praise of King Pṛthu by the Professional Reciters    639