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O Maithil dame! this gift of mine
Shall make thy limbs with beauty shine,
And, breathing o'er thy frame, dispense
Its pure and lasting influence.
This balsam, on thy fair limbs Spread,
New radiance on thy lord shall shed,
As Lakshmi's beauty lends a grace
To Vishnu's own celestial face." [1]
8. Daksha.
Daksha, the father of Umā, the consort of Siva, has attained pre-eminence amongst his brethren largely through the greatness of his son-in-law. He, too, is a
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DAKSHA.
mind-born son of Brahmā; or, according to other accounts, sprang from the thumb of his father. He is
- ↑ Griffith's “Rāmāyana,” ii, 474.
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