At the instance of Narada, he, engaged in worship¬ ping Vasudeva, composed the sacred scripture (usually) listened to by Kunda (son born of an adulterous woman), Gola (widow’s son) and others.^ kill the demon She is described as possessing three eyes and being decorated with a crescent-moon on her head. The episode (a contribution of the KP.) testifies to the existence of the cult of Sarasvati-worship at that time. * (A better v.l. in view of the name Sdtvata Sastra in V. 32 below. Out of the two v.ls. ‘Satvata’ and ‘Satvata’, I prefer Satvata as the name of this king as hb son is named ‘Satvata’ in V. 33.