Vasudev Mahatmya English - Shree Swaminarayan Temple Bhuj

Chapter 12
Shree Vasudeva Mahatmyam With English Translation
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came out from big trees and similarly the juices came out
from herbs. (7-8)
From that type of ocean came out of the moon, who is said to
be the presiding deity of effulgence and herbs. (9)
Then came out the ‘Kamadhenu’ (celestial cow) the best of
all the cows who grants the wish of every one. She had the
hue of the moon. (10)
Then the presiding deity of the all the horses, ‘Ucchaishravas;
a white horse and ‘Airavata’, the Lord of elephants with four
tusks resembling the moonlight emerged. (11)
Then emerged the celestial tree ‘Parijata’, king of the trees,
and the best among the gems by name ‘Kaustubha’ having
the hue of ‘pushyaraga’ a type of gem. (12)
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Then came out the heavenly nymphs, repositories of beauty
and lustre. Then emerged ‘Suradevi’, who intoxicates everybody.
Then there was the bow ‘Sharnga’ the divine bow
among the weapons; similarly there came out the ‘panchajanya’
a conch which is the Lord of all the conches. (13-14)
Then, at that place, the moon, the ‘Parijata’ and the group of
nymphs stood immediately in the path of the sun. (15)
The leaders of the demons immediately took over Suradevi
and the king of the horses. Being permitted by Lord Hari,
Indra took over the Airavata. (16)
The bow named Sharnga, and conch named Panchajanya went
to Vishnu. All of them gave away the celestial cow to the
ascetics. (17)