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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

--Satyavrata (s.v): the son of Tribandhana and father of हरिश्चन्द्र; became a चण्डाल by the curse of his Guru; three spikes meant for him by वसिष्ठ. Result of his three sins--displeasing his father, killing the Guru's cow and eating unconsecrated flesh; banished from the kingdom; seeing this विश्वामित्र consoled him and agreed to be his Guru; the latter had him crowned after a purifica- tion bath in the river, कर्मनाशा near the Vindhyas; this enabled him to go to heaven bodily and get a place among [page२-051+ ३१] the planets all in the presence of वसिष्ठ; though thrust down headlong from heaven, he was stopped and given a place in the sky. भा. IX. 7. 5-7; Br. III. ६३. १०८; वा. ८८. १०८-13. Vi. IV. 3. २१.