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Havine passed that night, the illustrious Vigwamitra, smiling complacently sweetly spake unto Raghava, saying,— Pleased am I with thee. Good betide thee, O highly famous prince! With supreme pleasure, do I confer upon thee all the weapons;by means of which subduing such antagonists as celestials and Asuras backed on earth by Gandharbas and Uragas, thou wilt in battle be crowned with victory. And all those celestial weapons, good betide thee, I will confer upon thee. And I will confer upon thee, O Raghava, the celestial and mighty Dandachakra,* and Dharmachakra, and also Kalachakra. And O foremost of men, I will confer upon thee the fierce Vishnu Chakra,—and Indra Chakra, and the Vajra, and Siva’s Sulavata, and the weapon Brahmagiras, and Aishika, O mighty-armed descendant, of Raghu! And, O best of men, I will, O king’s * Chakra means discus. These enumerations specify different kinds of the discus.—T.

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son, bestow upon thee the matchless Brahma weapon, and, O Kakutstha, the two excellent maces, the flaming Modaki and Cikhari. And, O Rama, I will confer upon thee Dharmapiga,* and KaAlapaga, and the excellent Varunap&¢a. And, O descendant of Raghu, I will bestow upon thee the two Ashanis,—Sushka and Ardra, and the Pinika weapon, and the Narayana, and the Agneya weapon called Sikhara, and the Vayavya, called Prathama, O sinless one! And, O Raghava, I will confer upon thee the weapon called Hayagiras, and the Krauncha weapon, and,O Kakutstha, a couple of darts, And I will confer. upon the Kankdla, and the dreadful Mushala, and Kapala, and Kinkini—all those that are intended for slaughtering Rakshasas. And, O mighty-armed one, O son of the best of men, J will confer upon thee the mighty weapon Vidyadhara, and thet excellent scimitar named Nandana, and the favorite Gandharba weapon, Mohana, and Praswapana, and Pasamana, and Saumya,O Raghava! And O best of men, do thou accept Varshana, and Soshana, and Santapana, and Vildpana, and Madana hard to repress, beloved of Kandarpa, and that favorite ‘Gandharba weapon, M&nava, and the favorite Pichisa weapon, O highly famous prince. And do thou, O mightyarmed Rama, speedily accept the Tamasa, O best of men, and the exceedingly powerful Saumana, and the irrepressible Samvarta and Maushala, O son’ of the king, and the Satya weapon, and the supreme Mayamaya, and the Saura. Tejaprabha, capable of depriving foes of energy, and the Soma, and the Sisira, and the Tashtra, and the terrible Diruna belonging unto Bhaga, and Sileshu, and Madana— all assuming forms at will, and endowed with exceeding prowess, and highly exalted.’’ Then with his face turned towards the east, that foremost of ascetics having purified himself, gladly conferred the mantras upon Rama. And the Vipra * Pasha means noose,—T.

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also bestowed upon Raghava those weapons, of which even the celestials are incapable of holding all. As that intelligent ascetic, Vigwdmitra, recited mantras, all those invaluable weapons appeared before that descendant of Raghu. And, with clasped hands, they well-pleased, addressed Rama, —‘These, O highly generous one, are.thy servants, O R&ghava. And whatever thou wishest, good betide thee, shall by all means be accomplished by us.” Thus addressed by those highly powerful weapons, Kakutstha Rama, with a delighted soul, accepting them, touched them with his hand, and said,—‘Do ye appear before me as I remember you !’ Then the exceedingly energetic Rama, well pleased, paying reverence unto the mighty ascetic, Vi¢wamitra, prepared to set out.