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UTTARADHYAYANA.
and sinful, being steadfast, and free from all fetters, Samudrapâla crossed the ocean-like Flood of worldly existence and obtained exemption from transmigration. (24)
Thus I say.
TWENTY-SECOND LECTURE.
RATHANÊMI. In the town of Sauryapura ? there was a powerful king, Vasudêva by name, who possessed the characteristic marks of a king. (1)
He had two wives, Rôhini and Dêvaki ; each of them had a beloved son, Râma and Kêsava. (2)
In the town of Sauryapura there was (another) powerful king, Samudravigaya by name, who possessed the characteristic marks of a king. (3)
His wife was Sivâ by name; and her famous son was the venerable Arishtanêmi, the saviour of the world and the lord of ascetics. (4)
This Arishtanêmi, who was gifted with an excellent voice and possessed the thousand and eight lucky marks of the body, was a Gautama, and his skin was black. (5)
His body was strong like that of a bull, and hard
Nirangana = samyamê niskala, immovable with regard to self-control.
? According to the Brahmanical account Vasudeva lived in Mathurâ. The name given to the town by the Gainas is apparently derived from Sauri, an epithet of Krishna, whose grandfather was Sûra. Soriyapura may be Saurikapura or Sauryapura. The latter rendering adopted by our commentators is based on a wrong etymology.
