Chandi Purana: The Odia Legend of Chandi
Pleased with me,
That goddess went on narrating
The earliest scriptures:
First, the Ramayana;
Second, the Mahabharata
And third, Sri Bhagavata,
Wishing me to retell them.
I’m illiterate, ignorant and unlearned.
(Sarala...
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