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PRINCE MEHA Then Prince Meha yielded' to his parents and stood silent.
35. Then King Sepiya summoned his domestic servants, and said, “Quickly, O beloved of the gods, arrange for Prince Meha a lavish royal anointment ceremony of great richness, worth and splendour. Then the domestic servants arranged the royal anointment ceremony as directed.
36. Then King Seniya surrounded by his Generals and Magistrates 2, and sprinkling Prince Meha with the waters from a hundred and eight golden pitchers by way of royal anointment-ceremony said, “ Victory, victory, to you o blessed one! Victory, victory to you 0 happy one ! Happiness to you? Conquer the unconquered, preserve the conquered, dwell amidst the con quered.” In this way he uttered cries of victory.
Now Meha became King.
37. Then the parents of King Meha said, “Say, child, what shall we bestow on you?”
Then King Meha said to his parents, "I desire, father and mother, to have a brush and a bowl bought from the market of the three worlds,3 and a barber hired."
38. Then King Seņiya summoned his domestic servants and said, “Go, you beloved of the gods, take
1. vyamato. 2. Skt. Tak used in inscriptions in the sense of a com
mander-in-chief, 3. कुत्तियावण = Skt.कुनिक three worlds, आपण market. A sort of
museum where everything could be had.
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