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SURYA DYNASTY. 12. The son of Bappaka, a master in politics, became king (and was) called Guhila; the race bearing whose name is verily continued by kings born in his family.
13. Of him was born King Bhoja whose intellect was as brilliant as the rays of the nectar-producing moon, whose ornament was the ambrosia of learning, who had restrained the course of Love without any obstacle, whose form was very lovely, who broke the pride of the ocean possessed of depth and greatness, and who worshipped the Lord of Lakshmi.
14. After him Sila, who was good-natured, whose hand was terrible with a sword, equally powerful with him, who was like the sentiment of Heroism itself distinctly incarnate, and who cxhibited horripilation indicative of the cmotions of cnergy, enjoyed the wealth of bis enemies with the prowess of) his hand.
15. (Then) was born his son, King Sri Kalabhoja, who broke the hearts of the Choda-women, who was the head-ornament of a number of noble princea, the chastiser of the lord of Karnata, who gratified the mind with the love he had for the skill of a good ruler, who was intimate with the essence of politics, and who was terrible with his bow as merciless and dreadful as that of Death himself.
16. Then was born in his family King Bhartri-bhata, wbo delighted women by his protection (lit., shade,) the Pandits with presents (lit., fruits,) the region of space with his sword (lit., leaves,) and the class of twice-born with arnis (lit., branches), who was possessed of arms as powerful as the bolts (of gateways), was a powerful scion (lit., off-shoot), and was very beautiful, and who thus deprived the heavenly trec (Kalpa-vriksha) of its pride.
17. After him came the victorious king, Sinba (lion), whose (slender) waist could be measured with a span, whose chest was a broad as the leaf of a door and who was the terror of wild elephant-like kings in the case of the lion the terror of the mad clephants roaming on mountains).
18. Born of him Mahâyika, the lord of kings, possessed of the only Resistance obtained from his own arms, whose mischievous cnemies anable to curb their senses, rushed forward and fell like butterflies, into the flame and sparks of his fiery wrath, bore the great weight of the carth with his head ever held up.
19. Then the sword of Khummana, like a cloud in his sky-like march, • Viabņu.
† Chola or Chodam people in Southern India on the Coromandel Coast, in the province now called Tenjora.
A double entendre meaning Brahmang and biede.
Ahol Shrutgyanam
