36. The gandharvas and yakshas, siddhas and the hosts of celestials, bowed down to this kadamba tree, and their coronets rubbed against the branch, which was sanctified by the touch of the feet of the goddess Sarasvatí _alias_ Gaurí. And the flowers of the tree, resembling the stars of heaven, exhaled their fragrance all around. 37. Gentle zephyrs were playing amidst the tender creeper, and diffusing a coldness throughout the secret bowers, even in the light and heat of the blazing sunshine; while the flying dust of the kadamba and other flowers, spread a yellow carpet all over the ground. 38. The lotus and other aquatic flowers, were blooming in the brooks, frequented by storks and cranes and herons and other watery birds, that sported upon them; while the goddess regaled herself amidst the flowery groves, which displayed her wondrous powers in the variety of their flowers. 39. It was in such a forest as this, that the goddess Gaurí the consort of the god Hara, resided at this spot for a long time, for some cause known to her godly mind; and then by changing her name and form to that of kadamba--Sarasvatí, she waved as gracefully as a kadamba flower, on the crown of the head of her spoused partner Hara or Siva. CHAPTER CLXXXII. BRAHMA GÍTÁ CONTINUED. SOVEREIGNTY OF THE SEVEN CONTINENTS. Argument:--Meeting of the Kadamba Hermit with his brothers, their bane and blessing and final success. The old anchorite resumed and said:--The goddess Gaurí dwelt for a full decade of years, on this very Kadamba tree of her own accord; and then she left this arbour of her own will, in order to join her lord Hara on his left side. 2. This young Kadamba tree, being verified by the ambrosial touch of the goddess, never becomes old, nor fades or withers; but ever remains as fresh as a child in the lap of her mother. 3. After the goddess had left this place, that great garden was converted to a common bush, and was frequented only by woodmen, who earned their livelihood by woodcutting. 4. As for myself, know me to be the king of the country of Malwa, and to have now become a refugee in this hermitage of holy ascetics, by abdication of my kingdom. 5. On my resorting to this place, I was honoured here by the inhabitants of this holy asylum; and have taken any abode beneath this kadamba tree, where I have been in my meditative mood ever since that time. 6. It was some time ago, that you sir, had come here in company with seven brethren, and betaken yourselves to the practice of your religious austerities. 7. So did you eight persons reside here as holy devotees since that time, and were respected by all the resident devotees of this place. 8. It came to pass in process of time, that one of them removed from here to the Srí mountain; and then the second among them, went out to worship the lord Kártikeya in another place.