Thereupon, Vahni came there and saw his son
Guha who had six heads, ears twice as many and twelve eyes,
arms and feet. He had only one neck and one body. He looked
at Kumara
- who was a mere lump of flesh on the first day.
- On the
second day it had the form of an individual.
- On the third day
ne became an infant.
- On the fourth day he became a complete
(i.e. full grown) one. He was consecrated on the fifth day.
He saw
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Fire-god. Thereupon, O son of Prtha, Pavaka (Fire-god) embrac¬
ed him and kissed him. He addressed him as “O son” and
granted him the Sakti missile himself. He received the Sakti and bowed down to
Fire-god. He then climbed on to Svetasrnga, seeing and survey¬
ing all the ten directions with his faces. He shouted terribly
striking terror into the whole universe including the Asuras.
Then, with his Sakti he split the peak of Sveta mountain
that extended to a hundred Yojanas and that was surrounded by
ten thousand billions of Rak$asas. With a single stroke it fell
down on the earth in smithereens. Those Rak$asas who were the
perpetual enemies of Dharma (virtue, piety) were smashed. Then
the ground all round was agitated (i.e. quaked heavily) and was
shattered completely. All the mountains became frightened.
Everyone cried aloud as though at the time of ultimate deluge.
All.the living beings shouted loudly, “Save, save (us).”
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