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RENOPANISAD
9 'What power resides in such as you ?' asked the
Spirit. 'Why, I can blow away everything, whatever
there is on earth,' said Vayu.
10. The Spirit put down a straw before him and said,
'Blow that away ! ' Vayu dashed at it, but was unable to
move it. So he returned to the gods, saying, could
not find out who that adorable Spirit is'.
11. Then the gods said to Indra (the chief of gods):
0 Maghavan, find out who this adorable Spirit is.' He
agreed and hastened towards the Spirit, but the Spirit
disappeared from his view.
12. And in that very spot he beheld a woman,
wondrously fair—the daughter of the snowy mountain
Himavat. And of Her he asked, 'Who could this
adorable Spirit be ?'
THE END OF PART THREE