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## Adipurana
**Verse 42:** The lion-like leader of the herd of elephants, the Pravadi, is Siddhasena the poet, whose saffron (hair) is the Nayagadi principles, and whose sharp claws are the alternatives like existence and non-existence.
**Verse 43:** Salutations to the great poet Samantabhadra, who is like Brahma among poets, whose words, like the thunderbolt, shatter the mountains of falsehood.
**Verse 44:** The fame of Samantabhadra adorns the heads of poets, composers, debaters, and eloquent speakers, like a crown jewel.
**Verse 45:** Salutations to Shri Datta, whose body is radiant with the glow of penance, who is like a lion in breaking the elephants of the Pravadi.
**Verse 46:** May Yashobhadra protect us, whose name alone dispels the pride of the learned in gatherings of the wise.
**Verse 47:** I praise Prabhachandra the poet, whose fame is as white as the moon's rays, who, by composing Chandrodudaya, has forever delighted the world.
**Verse 48:** Whose fame, born from the creation of Chandrodudaya, is not praised by anyone? It has become the crown of the virtuous, lasting until the end of time.
**Verse 49:** May Shiva koti, the sage, protect us, whose words, the fourfold worship, have brought peace to the world, and who shows the path to liberation.
**Verse 50:** May Jatasimhanandi, the teacher, protect us, whose locks, like strong verses, shine in the contemplation of poetry, as if they were explaining the meaning to us.
**Verse 51:** May Kanabhikshu, the victorious, protect us, whose pure words, strung together like threads of Dharma, have attained the beauty of narrative art.