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KADAMBAR, 315 . pened वसिष्ठ said he would be a क for 12 years only. The king himself took water to curse वसिष्ठ, but at the request of his queen, he forbore and threw it on his own feet, which were burnt by the water. He was thence called कल्माषपादः It will be seen bhat in this story the curse is given by वसिष्ठ imself. In another story about सौदास found in the महाभारत , आदिपर्व chap16we are told that one day while walking along a foot-path सौदास saw शक्ति the cldest son of वसिष्ठ coming in the opposite direction. The king proudly told him to move away. But शक्ति refused, Baying that, as he was his गुरु's son, it was his privilege to have passage made for him by the king. Upon this the king whipped him eursed him to be a a cannibal ‘कशाप्रहाराभिहतस्ततः स मुनिसत्तमः । तं शशाप नृपश्रेष्ठं वासिष्ठः क्रोधमूर्छितः ।। हंसि राक्षसवधस्माद्राजापसद तापसम् । तमावमद्यप्रभृति पुरुपादो भविष्यसि । आदिपर्व chap. 16 , 12-13. Barna in the हर्षचरित (p. 98) says “सौदासेन नरक्षिता (नरान् मता ) पर्याकुलीकृता क्षितिः? असुरगुरुः=शुक्रः. जरसा hy old age. भङ्गः destruc tion. discomfiture. ययातिः—See विष्णुपुराण IV. 10 and महाभारत आदिपर्व chapter 5 and f: ययाति son of नहुष married देवयानी, the daughter of शुक्र. शर्मिष्ठा the daughter of the king of Asuras was made her servant for her insulting conduct towards देवयानी O one occasion. ययाति fell in love with शर्मिष्ठा and bad three sons from her hen देवयानी indignantly went to her father शुक्र who cursed ययाति to be old and infirmययाति propitiated शुक्र and obtained from him permission to transfer his old age to anyone who would accept it. He asked his five sons born of देवयानी and शर्मिष्ठा but all refused exceptपूरु the youngest. त्रिशङ्कः त्रिशङ्कbelonged to tle solar race and was father of the celebrated श्चन्द्र रामायण बालकाण्ड (57-60) gives his story. He wished to go to beaven with his mortal body by performing a यश. His family preceptor वसिष्ठ declared it to be impossible. He went to the Cons of वसिष्ठ who rejected his absurd proposal. He then told them angrily that he would go elsewhere to perform the 5acrifice he desired and was cnrsed by them to be a चाण्डाल. प्रत्याख्यातो वसिष्ठेन भवद्भिस्तदनन्तरम् । अन्यां गतिं गमिष्यामि यष्टुं विदितमस्तु वः॥ ऋषिपुत्रास्तु तच्छुत्वा घोराक्षरमिदं वचः शेपुस्तं नृपतिं क्रुद्धाश्चाण्डालस्त्वं भविष्यसि । रामायण बालकाण्ड 60. 8-9. बिधामित्र, whose family he had saved from starvation in a famine, took pity on him and raised त्रिशङ्क towards heaven, when इन्द्र refused to admit him and asked him to fall down headlong. Then विश्वमित्र called upon him to stay where was ( तिष्ठ तिष्ठ ) and began to create new worlds, नक्षत्रऽ he &c. Then the gods intervened and made his creations as eternal