The women agreed to give them food, but only after Koushika and Vijaya had also performed the budhashtami vrata. Brother and sister were tired and hungry and they craved for some food. In searching for the bull, they came to a lake where some women were bathing in the course of performing a vrata. Koushika and his sister Vijaya looked everywhere for it, but could not find it. Once when Koushika was having a bath in the river Bhagirathi and the bull was grazing, some thieves came and stole the bull. Koushika would go with the other cowherds to graze the bull. Dhira’s son was Koushika, his daughter was Vijaya and Dhira’s bull was named Dhanada.
There used to be a brahamana named Dhira whose wife was named Rambha. The ears should be elongated Kalka’s image is that of a brahmana, seated on a horse and holding a bow and arrows, a conch shell, a sword and a chakra. Buddha’s image should have a calm appearance.
If there are two arms, the four arms the hands will hold a plough, a conch shell, a club and a chakra. Balarama’s image may also have either four arms or two. If there are four arms, the four hands will hold a bow, arrows, a conch shell and a chakra. Rama’s image can have either two arms or four. arrows, a sword and an axe in these hands. Parashurama will have four hands with a bow. The vamana (dwarf) avatara should hold an umbrella and a stick in his two hands. The narasimha avatara should have two arms holding a chakra and a gada and should wear a garland. But the varaha (boar) avatara will four arms like a man and will hold a gada (mace), a padma (lotus flower), a shankha (conch shell) and a chakra (bladed discuss) in these four arms. The matsya (fish) avatara must naturally look like a fish and the kurma (turtle) avatara must look like a turtle. Consider, for example, idols or images of the ten incarnations of Vishnu. Different idols of Vishnu must have different forms.
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