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The Story of King Vena
617
very astonishing. It was simply a question of knowing how to do it. From the semina of one body, another body is produced, and the life symptoms are visible due to the soul's taking shelter of this body. One should not think that it was impossible for another body to come out of the dead body of Mahārāja Vena. This was performed by the skillful action of the sages.
TEXT 44
काकरुणोऽतिदस्वाङ्गे हस्वबाहुर्महाहनुः ।
हस्वपाबिम्ननासाग्रो रक्ताक्षस्ताम्रमूर्धजः ॥४४॥
kāka-kṛṣṇo 'tihrasvāṅgo
hrasva-bāhur mahā-hanuḥ
hrasva-pān nimna-nāsāgro
raktākṣas tāmra-mūrdhajaḥ
kāka-kṛṣṇaḥ —as black as a crow;  atihrasva —very short;  aṅgaḥ —his limbs;  hrasva —short;  bāhuḥ —his arms;  mahā —big;  hanuḥ —his jaws;  hrasva —short;  pāt —his legs;  nimna —flat;  nāsa-agraḥ —the tip of his nose;  rakta —reddish;  akṣaḥ —his eyes;  tāmra —copperlike;  mūrdha-jaḥ —his hair.
TRANSLATION
This person born from King Vena's thighs was named Bāhuka, and his complexion was as black as a crow's. All the limbs of his body were very short, his arms and legs were short, and his jaws were large. His nose was flat, his eyes were reddish, and his hair copper-colored.
TEXT 45
तं तु तेऽवनतं दीनं किं करोमीति वादिनम् ।
निषीदेत्यबुवंस्तात स निषादस्ततोऽभवत् ॥४५॥
tam tu te 'vanatam dīnam
kim karomīti vādinam
niṣīdety abruvams tāta
sa niṣādas tato 'bhavat
tam —unto him;  tu —then;  te —the sages;  avanatam —bowed down;  dīnam —meek;  kim —what;  karomi —shall I do;  iti —thus;  vādinam —inquiring;