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SURYA DYNASTY 3. May the elephant-headed god, wliose greatness consists in the removal of obstacles and on whose hill-like temples a swarm of bees,--taumbling their prayers in inarticulate accents and in deep buzzings, setting aside all other labour and work, and nourished by the fluid oozing out of the temples in the rutting season) being desirous of removing blackness from their bodies,-- is practising penance up to this day, be for your welfare.
4. May the marvellous jumping of Hanûman over the ocean,-during which the carth is quaking on account of the ranges of mountains* torn asunder by the surging ocean, during which the union of the sky with the earth is being broken (by his jumping), during which the universe is in the state of falling down, and which intensely causes consternation to the world even though it is not the time for its final dissolution, protect us from calamity.
5, Victorivus is the noble dynastyt of the Guhilas, which is full of branches and sub-branches, which consists of good members t, which is worthy on account of good qualities, the shoulders || of (thc members of) which are adorned with the feathers (of the arrow), and which has taken up its position at the head of kings .
6. That the dynasty of the Guhilas is celebrated as the Venerable Nåråyana amongst kings is true, otherwise why do the kings,— who hold the staff of freedom (given to them by the lord Guhil, as also salvation by Narayaga), ** who appear glorious on account of the staff (of royalty or of sapnyasta) which they hold in their hands, those minds are devoted to securing the safety of their lives, and who have given up plundering with the rise of fortune, — always flock round it for protection ?.
7. This country which was, in battle, totally sub-merged in the dripping fat (medas) of wicked people by Bappaka, which has skilfully banished the very name of misfortune (from its precincts), which has excelled paradise itself by
• The oceanic mountains are meant here.
+ There is a double-entender on the words which means "dynasty" as well as "Bamboo." All the epithcts in the text are susceptible of a double interpretation and their meanioga as applied to Bamboo" are where necessary, given in the foot-notas below.
7, the division of a dynasty or the joint of a bamboo. & To, quality or the bor-string : the bamboo is "St for the bow-string" and the test may also mean that the kinga were " well up ia archery."
. Or " whose parts were adorned with leaves."
Or "which (viz., the bamboo) has taken root on the summit of mountains." 49 Froely: "who resolutely defended the poor or had anfficient strength of mind to take measures for tho salvation of their souls. The latter half of the verse applies to the kings seek ing shelter of the Guhil as algo to persons seeking of Narayans final absolution from the bonds of рвіс.
Ahol Shrutgyanam
