PLATE TWO
“Bhadraśravā, the son of Dharmarāja, rules the tract of land known as Bhadrāśva-varṣa. Just as Lord Śiva worships Saṅkarṣaṇa in Ilāvṛta-varṣa. Bhadraśravā, accompanied by his intimate servants and all the residents of the land, worships the plenary expansion of Vāsudeva known as Hayaśirṣa (also called Hayagriva). Lord Hayaśirṣa is very dear to the devotees, and He is the director of all religious principles. Fixed in the topmost trance, Bhadraśravā and his associates offer their respectful obeisances to the Lord and chant the following prayers with careful pronunciation: ‘At the end of the millennium, ignorance personified assumed the form of a demon, stole all the  Vedas  and took them down to the planet of Rasātala. The Supreme Lord, however, in His form of Hayagriva, retrieved the  Vedas  and returned them to Lord Brahmā when he begged for them. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Lord, whose determination never fails.’” ( pp.157–163 )