The Princess said, "He will not do so; utter it."

After that, the God Iswara told the Princess to call Batmasura

near. The Princess called to Batmasura [to come] near; Batmasura

came near.

Thereupon the God Iswara said to that Batmasura, "When I have uttered

the Iswara incantation to thee, thou wilt seize me, maybe."

Then Batmasura said, "I will not seize thee; be good enough to utter

it, Sir."

After that, the God Iswara said, "Hold thou my hand," to Batmasura;

so Batmasura held his hand. Thereupon the God Iswara uttered it

(maeturuwa).

After that, Batmasura thought to himself, "Having killed the God

Iswara I will go to my village, summoning the Princess [to be my

wife]." Thinking it, Batmasura bounded on the path of the God Iswara.

When the God Iswara was going running, the brother-in-law (Vishnu)

of the God Iswara was rocking and rocking in a golden swing. Having

seen that this God Iswara is running, the brother-in-law of the God

Iswara asked at the hand of the God Iswara, "Where are you running?"

Then the God Iswara said, "At Batmasura's hand I uttered over the

hand the Iswara incantation. That one is [now] coming to seize me."

After that, the brother-in-law of the God Iswara told him to stop

[after] having gone running still a little distance further. So the God

Iswara having gone running a little distance further, stopped there.

Then while the brother-in-law of the God Iswara, creating for himself

the appearance of a woman (Mohini, the Deluder), was rocking and

rocking in the golden swing, Batmasura came running [there].

Batmasura while coming there having seen with delight that woman who

was rocking in the golden swing, his mind went to that woman. His

mind having gone there, the [other] incantations that he had learnt

were forgotten, and the Iswara incantation was forgotten.

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