CHAPTER XLVIII. STORY OF DÁSÚRA.
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Valmiki and Mitra, Viharilala
40. “Lord! I find no holy place upon earth, which is full of iniquity and sinful beings; and therefore pray of thee to make the tops of trees, the only places for my abode.”
41. Being thus besought by the Bráhman boy, the god pronounced “Be it so” from his flaming mouth, and vanished from his sight.
42. As the god disappeared from before him, like the day-light from the face of the lotus-flower; the son of the sage being fully satisfied with his desired boon, shone forth in his face like the orb of the full moon.
43. Conscious of the success of his desire, his gladdened countenance brightened with his blooming smiles; just as the white lotus blushes with its smiling petals, no sooner it perceives the smiling moonbeams falling upon it.