Text 45] 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 Maharaja Vena. This was performed by the skillful action of the
sages.
TEXT 44
TEEMATATR  TATNEHETET: |
TUfaRa «= GARTERS: [vel
kaka-krsno ’tihrasvango
hrasva-bahur maha-hanuh
hrasva-pan nimna-nasagro
raktaksas tamra-miirdhajah
kaka-krsnah—as black as a crow; atihrasva—very short; angah—his limbs;
hrasva—short; bahuh—his arms; maha—big; hanuh—his jaws; hrasva—short;
pat—his legs; nimna—flat; ndsa-agrah—the tip of his nose; rakta—reddish;
aksah—his eyes; tamra—copperlike; miirdha-jah—his hair.
TRANSLATION
This person born from King Vena’s thighs was named Bahuka, 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
a asrad ate fe acta TAT |
fatewaiara a frcertsrg (eu!
tam tu te ‘vanatam dinam
kim karomiti vadinam
nisidety abruvams tata
sa nisddas tato ‘bhavat
tam—unto him; tu—then;te—the sages; avanatam—bowed down; dinam—
meek; kim—what; karomi—shall | do; iti—thus; vadinam—inquiring;
