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Rahūgaṇa Converses with Jaḍa Bharata
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TEXTS 5-6
ब्राह्मण उवाच
अयं जनो नाम चलन् पृथिव्यां
यः पार्थिवः पार्थिव कस्य हेतोः ।
तस्यापि चाङ्घ्र्योरधि गुल्फजङ्घा-
जानुरुमध्योरशिरोधरांसाः ॥ ५ ॥
अंसेऽधि दार्वी शिबिका च यस्यां
सौवीरराजेत्यपदेश आस्ते ।
यस्मिन् भवान् रूढनिजाभिमानो
राजास्मि सिन्धुष्विति दुर्मदान्धः ॥ ६ ॥
brāhmaṇa uvāca
ayam jano nāma calan pṛthivyām
yaḥ pārthivaḥ pārthiva kasya hetoḥ
tasyāpi cāṅghryor adhi gulpha-jaṅghā-
jānūru-madhyora-śirodharāṁsāḥ
aṁse 'dhi dārvī śibikā ca yasyām
sauvīra-rājety apadeśa āste
yasmin bhavān rūḍha-nijābhimāno
rājāsmi sindhuṣv iti durmadāndhaḥ
brāhmaṇaḥ uvāca —the  brāhmaṇa  said:  ayam —this:  janaḥ —person:  nāma —celebrated as such:  calan —moving;  pṛthivyām —on the earth:  yaḥ —who:  pārthivaḥ —a transformation of the earth:  pārthiva —O King, who possesses a similar earthly body;  kasya —for what:  hetoḥ —reason;  tasya api —of him also;  ca —and;  aṅghryoḥ —feet:  adhi —above;  gulpha —ankles;  jaṅghā —calves;  jānu —knees;  uru —thighs;  madhyora —waist;  śiraḥ-dhara —neck;  aṁsāḥ —shoulders;  aṁse —shoulder:  adhi —upon;  dārvī —made of wood;  śibikā —palanquin;  ca —and;  yasyām —on which;  sauvīra-rājā —the King of Sauvīra:  iti —thus:  apadeśaḥ —known as;  āste —there is;  yasmin —in which;  bhavān —Your Lordship;  rūḍha —imposed upon;  nija-abhimānaḥ —having a