Kuvera. The goddess Lakshmi always stayeth there, also Kuvera's son
Nalakuvera. Myself and many others like myself often repair thither. Many
Brahmana Rishis and celestial Rishis also repair there often. Many
Rakshasas, and many Gandharvas, besides those that have been named, wait
upon the worship, in that mansion, the illustrious lord of all treasures.
And, O tiger among kings, the illustrious husband of Uma and lord of
created things, the three-eyed Mahadeva, the wielder of the trident and
the slayer of the Asura called Bhaga-netra, the mighty god of the fierce
bow, surrounded by multitudes of spirits in their hundreds and thousands,
some of dwarfish stature, some of fierce visage, some hunch-backed, some
of blood-red eyes, some of frightful yells, some feeding upon fat and
flesh, and some terrible to behold, but all armed with various weapons and
endued with the speed of wind, with the goddess (Parvati) ever cheerful
and knowing no fatigue, always waiteth here upon their friend Kuvera, the
lord of treasures. And hundreds of Gandharva chiefs, with cheerful hearts
and attired in their respective robes and Viswavasu, and Haha and Huhu;
and Tumvuru and Parvatta, and Sailusha; and Chitrasena skilled in music
and also Chitraratha,--these and innumerable Gandharvas worship the lord
of treasures. And Chakradhaman, the chief of the Vidyadharas, with his
followers, waiteth in that mansion upon the lord of treasures. And
Kinnaras by hundreds and innumerable kings with Bhagadatta as their chief,
and Druma, the chief of the Kimpurushas, and Mahendra, the chief of the
Rakshasas, and Gandhamadana accompanied by many Yakshas and Gandharvas and
many Rakshasas wait upon the lord of treasures. The virtuous Vibhishana
also worshippeth there his elder brother the lord Kuvera (Croesus). The
mountains of Himavat, Paripatra, Vindhya, Kailasa, Mandara, Malaya,
Durdura, Mahendra, Gandhamadana, Indrakila, Sunava, and Eastern and the
Western hills--these and many other mountains, in their personified forms,
with Meru standing before all, wait upon and worship the illustrious lord
of treasures. The illustrious Nandiswaras, and Mahakala, and many spirits