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SURYA DYNASTY. causes danger even to those who look at it; which never bites in the lower part of the body; which, being worthy of great respect, is never afraid of the enemy (the eagle in its case); which sends the persons bitten to reside in heaven; and which never plays with a sinuke, (that is, an informer). This is wonderful!
20. Ilow is it that his sword and faine, that have grown fat by drinking the blood of heroes, his enemies, and that are brought forth from the womb of his land, are such that one is black, while the other is the whitest. It is so because the sword has bathed in the water of tcars mixed with soot from the eyes of the wives of the enemies; while the other (fame) is frequently polished with the powder of the Kankaņas (wristlets) on their delicate wrists.
21. The Sun at first being deprived of lustre by the rising splendour of his great valour and being left only with his disc, assumes afterwards, being covered with (his) great fame, the form of tle cold-rayed one (the moon). This appears as if the sua assumes another for being afraid of his body being pierced (through by many dead warriors passing through it) when bravc Hamira kills on the field of battle his heroic enemies standing in front.
22. Vidhi producing himself in a lotus and ordered at the beginning of creation by Vidhidrik who did not regard Deing born of oud as any great fault in him other than red (?) will, now that be has become an object of comparison with the spotless whiteness of the glory of Hamira, be a well-known standard of comparison with poets in all quarters.*
23. The well-sung glory of him (Hamira) whose form is like that of the moon, known all round as whiter than the smile of Sankara, or Chandana, or the noon, as rivalling in beauty the rows of the white teeth of the women of Karratakadeśa, as surpassing the immortal beauty of all the forms of Sheśa, stands at rest, being wearied with travelling in all the directions.
24. His son Kshetra, the lord of the earth, was an ocean of virtues, wag worshipped for his bravery, generosity, greatness, pure virtues, and was wellknown as an embodiment of religion. He who looked handsome on account of the greatness of kings previously conquered by him, camc in enjoyment of the earth adorned with jewels, when his father got possession of half the throne of Indra.
25. He has trust in Râma from his heart; he is well-versed in the art of using arms; his body is like that of Kama; his fame is known tlıroghout the World; he destroys his enemies in battles; he makes hundred thousand gifts as a mere pastime; his eyes surpaes the lotus; and he is far superior to king Bhoja in good works.
• The meaning of this verse is not cloa and is very doubtful,
Ahol Shrutgyanam
