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of gold has weighed himself one laksha times, as if under pretext of the form of its stick*(); for these reasons he is known by the name beginning with Laksha.
40. When a large quantity of purified gold was brought on the holy ground of Yajna for a Tuládána (gift of one's weight in gold) it was imagined by curious persons whether it was the heap of splendour robbed of the hostile kings in battles; or the revered mountain Hemâdri come to see his brother Vindhyachala.
41. He, who was steady and had a heart free from frauds, liberated Gaya like Arjuni (Draupadi) whose life was troubled by the levies taken forcibly by different share-holders; he has made the habitation of Dharmaraja tenantless, and is the abode of Lakshmi, and has his extensive charities worshipped by all people.
42. When formerly the Tald (the balance used for weighing the king in t and the sign of the zodine) prided itselt on its superiority over all others of its kind, before this steady king, who cannot bear the pride of any one, he caused to be made another Tuld more respected and honoured than the other, and thus sent it (the first) to heaven (where it stands, still, as a sign of the zodine).
43. How can poets enumerate the different kinds of gifts of this noble. minded king, who attracts the wealth of the lands of all countries (to himself); who never becomes agitated by the (sight of) numerous kings, who never gives out what he gives, and who delighted on seeing the deserving, adds more gold into the balance already overflowing with it.
44. He, who satisfied all the world round with his justice, and who was long-lived, had a son Mokala, who was devoted to his elders, who was as beautiful as Kimadeva, and equally intelligent. As he was like Kundra in breaking down the Bluberit (mountains and kings) by his prowess, and forwardness, and as he was all-knowing, his father made him the lord of the Achalabhu (mountain-land).
45. This king caused to be built many places whose high and clear tops appeared beautiful with fine and large golden pots (pennacles); these looked like the best of elephants ready to start for heaven with golden pots on their bead, as if desirous of drinking the ambrosia of the gods.
46. When the great glory of Mokala, the lord of the earth, shone forth on the face of the earth, the kings of Angades being vanquished sought shelter of thick leaves (viz. furests); the kings of Kimaradesa lost their beauty; the kings of Vagdala gave up their pride on henring his voice and betook themselves to the Ganges; the kings of Nishirladeia saw in him their destruction; the kings of Chinada were humbled in battles; and the kings of Taraska, whose bows fell down, were parched up with fear.
Or does it mean under pretext of, as it were, fixing the scalos for presuming to weigh him (?)
Aho! Shrutgyanam
