Epigraphia Indica Vol 23

SR No.: 032577
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Hirananda Shastri
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India
Publication Year: 1935
Total Pages: 436
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 25 MB

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SRINGI-RISHI INSCRIPTION OY PRINCE MOKALA.
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(Verse 6) (It was Kahetra) who having conquered in battle Apol Baba by the might of (his) sword and totally annihilated the Yevenas, verily brought the entire treasury and numberless steeds to his own capital.
(Verse 7) Oh! even that famous fort of Mandala, which even the lord of the lovely city of Delhi, powerful and owning elephants, known by the shining name of Alāvadi, dared not touch with his hand, was shattered by prince Kshetra, after having conquered all the enemies with the impetuous might of his arms.
(Verse 8) (God) Sankara was thus) solicited by humble Indra in fear of demons, “ O Eternal Hara! here are these demons aspiring to seize my position by force ; 0 tell me, what should I do under such circumstances !" On hearing these) words, prince Kshetra was taken away by Sambhu himself to his own abode, in order to destroy the demons.
(Verse 9) Prince Kshobra, the death-incarnate for demons, having (thus) settled down in heaven with heavenly damsels adorning (his) left side-Laksha, expert in giving (as much) charities (as could be) imagined, came to be the desire-yielding tree for the learned.
(Verse 10) (It was he) by whom best of the Brāhmaṇas on the surface of the earth were gratified by various charities, like gold weighed against himself, and by whom all other) invincible princes were killed in battles with the sharp edge of (his) sword.
(Verse 11) May the famous line of that prince Laksha ever rejoice in this world) by whom Gayă (the holy Tirtha) was freed from the burden of tax for a considerable number of years, by paying (as ransom) lofty horses and heaps of gold to the lord of Gaya, and for which (whose) ancestors gone to the upper world, gratified as they are, even now confer (on him) genuine benedictions.
(Verse 12) That Laksha-who...., who had assigned the desire-yielding tree to suppliants, who had (his) attention fixed upon the worship of God Ekalinga and who had been the only expert in political matters which are a vowed to be inscrutable-having gone to the upper world,
(Verse 13) This illustrious Mokala, the son of that lord Laksha, the holy forehead-mark of the family, with face like the full-moon and with lotus-like feet revered by (other) princes, having been (installed king) by bathing in water made holy by incantations (and) fetched from......, protects his kingdom frightening the group of enemies all round.
(Verse 14) (It was he) from whose presence Pēroja Khână (Firüz Khan) himself had resorted to fleeing (and) Påtsäha Abmada, although irresistible in battle.... abandoning (his) .... has, at present, with face dried up, with hair dishevelled, with speech obstructed and bereft even of (his) horse, taken refuge in the habitation of a mountain cave in order to save.
(Verse 15) This well-known prince, who weighed himself against gold, silver and Phadyakas! twenty-five times and distributed them among dvijas for the liberation of ...., and who is full of glorious fame, reigns supreme.
(Verse 16) By him was erected a rampart, which was renowned all over the earth, which looked as if built of nioe crystal slabs being whitewashed with lime and which was adorned with three beautiful gates having handsome panels, [round the site of] the God Ekalinga, where Lord Sambhu bad indeed made up his mind to reside, leaving aside Kailāsa.
1 Lit. the circular fort ; modern Mandalgarh.
* This seems to be the name of a small silver coin whose value might have been worth two anno, for in some parts of Rajputāná a two-anna piece is even now called a Phadigd or Phadyaka. (Raj. Itihe., Faso. II, p. 888, a. 4.)