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End. smrtya ca - 296 krta sarpabadho viprah purvvajanmani ceha va | aneka duhkhajalani prapnoti satatam narah || santatipratibandhasca jatapatyam vinasyati | tasya santim pravaksyami yena sampadyate sukham || snatvagatya tato brahmadandam dadyad dvijataye | badham prakhyapayeccapi caret krcchamscaturddasa || ityadi | krtasya karmmanah sangatasiddhaye brahmanabhojanam bhuyodananca vidhaya, "yasya pramadat kurvvatam karmma " iti visnum smaret | canena sarpasamskarakhyena karmana sarpadhinatho'nantah priyatam | tatah suhrdguto bhunjiveti | Colophon. iti nagavaliprayogo vidhanaparijatoktah samaptah | visayah | sarpabadhadosakirttana purvvakam tacchantaye nagabalih karyya iti vidhanakathananantara vidhanaparijatoktakramena tatprayogakathanam || No. 4198. parabhuprakaranam, va parabhukatha | Substance, country-made yellow paper, 92 x 4 inches. Folia, 17. Lines, 10 on a page. Extent, 340 slokas. Character, Nagara. Date, Sk. 1732. Place of deposit, Calcutta, Government of India. Appearance, fresh. Prose. Incorrect. Parabhu-prakarana, alias Parabhu-katha. The work was written during the reign of Raja Shahu the grandson of the great Sivaji. It contains a description of the ten purificatory ceremonies of the Parabhu race to which Raja Shahu's writer Govinda Raya belonged. It gives the origin of the Parabhu race also. Beginning. sriganesaya namah | srasiddhisahitam + + pranamya gananayakam | kenacidvidusa rucya likhyate parabhukatha || svastisrimadrajadhirajacuda़ाmanibhomsala vamsavatamse sri sambhurajatmajasrisahuraje saptarsiraja- dhanyam mukhyapradhanabalajivajirayasahayyena nirvadha masamudrajagatitalarajyam kurvvati sati kayasyajatyantargata parabhujatiyo rajalekhako govindarayanama rajnah pritipatramasit | tada- bhujo vavurayanama ca | atha kasmimsciddivase govindarayah karahataka jatiyamakhagardhvam murttimantam dambhamiva sthitam svatilobhinamatimatsarinam catalopakhyavavadeva bhattanamanam caya rahasyevamaprarthayata |