Epigraphia Indica Vol 01

SR No.: 032555
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jas Burgess
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India
Publication Year: 1893
Total Pages: 528
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 21 MB

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BILHARI CHEDI INSCRIPTION.
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(Verse 67.) His younger brother was the illustrious prince Yuvarajadeva, on whose lotus-feet princes have indeed bent down, like bees (clighting on them). Of one who (like him) is an abode of devotion to truth, of goodness and friendly speech, (and) the one resort of fortune and valour, surely a good man even will not be able to tell all the excellent qualities.
(68.) This prince mastered with his arm, and slew with his hand which wielded a knife, the radiant, fiercely roaring, most terrific tiger-shaped demon, whose mouth was awful as it tore (men) to pieces with its sharp teeth, whose eyes were blood-shot all over with rage, who used his paws as weapons of attack, and sprang forward with uplifted tail.
(89.) Though causing joy to the eyes of women as a new god of love, he yet again was the god of death who with the edge of his sword cleft the frontal globes of huge elephants; and, strange to relate, fond as he was of Sarasvati, he was eager to worship Srikantha," and, clever in discriminating between the four castes, he was a gem to grant the desires of (all) suppliants.
(70.) When young women at their customary bathing plunged into the clear bitter water of the Reva, made to surge up and down by the motion of their thighs and hips, they truly became perfumed with the strong fragrance of the god of love, mixed since the water was with the rutting-juice which used to flow into it at the bathing of his towering lordly elephants."
(71.) I fancy that his bright fame, after roaming about everywhere, -on the round breasts of women surely in the form of pearl-strings, on the spotless full orb of the moon in the guise of the moonlight, and on the extensive waters of the Manasa lake as a graceful row of swans,-has yet found rest in the abode of Uma's husband.
(72.) After worshipping the god fans with his wealth in suitable manner, the prince, in accordance with traditional precept and according to scripture, composed (this) hymn of praise :
(73.) “Happy are those rulers, oh Lord, who with unswerving minds worship thee, and employ their wealth in works of piety. For those who are swayed by passion and whose minds are given up to sensual pleasure, exalted station is a cause of intoxication, oh granter of boons !"
(74.) « What is the use of arrays of rutty elephants P What the use of women. the promoters of amorous dalliance ? Gold, horses, dresses, and all manner of precious stones serve no purpose when a man fails to worship the beloved of Bhavant."
(75.) “Birth in a princely family, sovereignty over the earth, sacred knowledge, due discrimination, beautiful form and victory in battle come to him who takes refuge with the holy feet of Samkara."
(76.) “Why need I make many words, oh Lord ? To thee only shall my devotion always be given, the cause of everything; and through thy favour, the greatest of all blessings, a shower of ambrosia will fall upon me which will manifest itself of its own accord."
(77.) The great fame of the first three princes has been described by the illustrious Srinivasa, the son of the illustrious Sthirananda.
Or, onger to worship the neck of Sr.' The ideh suggested by the original is that the king w possessed of both eloquence (or learning) and fortune, two things which ordinarily do not go together.
4 The word of the original bas reference to the mixture of the two fluide, the bitter water of the river and the Eragrant rutting-juice