PLATE TWO

**Bhadrasrava. the son of Dharmaraja. rules the tract of land known as
Bhadrasva-varsa. Just as Lord Siva worships Sankarsana in llavrta-varsa.
Bhadrasrava. accompanied by his intimate servants and all the residents
of the land. worships the plenary expansion of Vasudeva known as
Havasirsa (also called Havagriva). Lord Hayasirsa is very dear to the
devotees. and He is the director of all religious principles. Fixed in the
topmost trance. Bhadrasrava and his associates offer their respectful
obeisances to the Lord and chant the following prayers with careful pro-
nunciation: “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 Rasdtala. The Supreme Lord. however. in His form of
Havagriva. retrieved the Vedas and returned them to Lord Brahma when
he begged for them. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme
Lord. whose determination never fails.” (pp.157-163)
