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and who is a great devotee of Sankara-son of Sri Siladitya, who was like a ray of the new moon (?) with its kalas (digits in the case of the moon and "learning" in the ease of Siladitya) growing daily, who beautified the Rajyalakshmi as the cub of a kesari lion the land of a forest on a mountain, who like the god with the peacock as his sign had a luminous erest for ornament, whose power and glory were very great, who was, like the commencement of the Sarada. adorned with padma (lotuses in the case of Sarada and great treasures in the case of the king) full of pratáp (heat and valour), who in battle destroyed the elephants of enemics like big clouds, who like the rising sun on the Udaya mountain diminished (took) the life of enemies opposed to him in battle and who was a great devotee of Sankara:son of Srt Siladitya, who had whitened all directions round with his glory as white as the splendour of the moon that made the beds of dolars (flowers) bloom with beauty, who was the lord of the earth with its wide expanse of the Vindhyachala dark with the smearing of Aguruchamiana being daily cut (in its forosts);-elder (brother of Sri Kharagraha, whose straight body was embraced by Lakshmi herself openly, as it were, with a view to free herself from the taint of the touch (of other kings), who surpassed all kings by the greatness of his most distinguished conduct, whose pair of feet was covered with the rays of jewels in the crowns of numerous warriors subdued and humbled with his kindness, who pounded his enemies' pride with (his) club-like long and valorous hands, who burnt the whole line of his enemies with his extending lustre, who bestowed wealth on those that loved (him), who with the very enjoyable sight of numbers relieved from accidental misery, free from childishness, ever respecting the Brahmanas conquering the whole carth by unparalleled valour, was like Purushottama, the first god lying on the bed of the waters, with his Gadd and Chakra, who showed many child-like exploits, who ever respected Brihmagas, who compassed this earth only in one stride, who was like Dharma incarnate setting forth duties of the various Varane and Aramas, who made his line illustrious by (floating) the white banner of religion hailed with joy by the three worlds, delighted with his satisfying and gratifying the minds of the gods and the Brahmanas, who were deprived by former kings affected with avarice of the spiritual gifts (made to them) by the older sovereigns, who brightened all the quarters with the illustrious glory acquired by the habit of not being satisfied with making constant gifts of large and ascertained villages to Devas, the Bribmanas and Gurds according to their merits, who was thus significantly elled by the other name of Dharmaditya, and who was a great devotee of Sankara-elder brother of Sri Dhruvasena, who adorned with the white garments of fame had accepted as his own the large company of kings devoted to him and conferring on him as her chosen lord the garland indicating the
Aho! Shrutgyanam
