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(Verse 31.) The charm of whose fame completely filled the three worlds, whose fortune was equal to his desires, and the might of whose anger, as regards both his curse and his bow, would have been suitable at the destruction of the universe. What can we say of that one ocean of policy and valour, more than this that (Arjuna), the husband of Subhadrâ, who with ease humbled the great pride of Sarva, was his disciple P
(32.) Even that son of Dharma," minding his promise, retired, deprived of the hope of conquering the adversaries, when he saw how he, whose strong arm was expert in wielding the bow, with a mass of powerful arrows cut up the Pandava army.
(33.) Now, in the water, of which in the act of cursing he had taken up a handful with his trembling hand, angrily intending to bring misery on Drupada for the insult (offered by him), there arose a man like victory incarnate; and from him proceeded the clan of the Chaulukyas, the great excellencies of which are countless.
(34.) And in that powerful family, which was made up of a series of princes eminent for widely spreading bravery and beauty, was born Avanivarman, who, when he bent his graceful bow, drew to himself the fortune of adversaries, (and) whose deeds became famous in the universe.
(35.) He greatly excelled in the world already by the fact that Simhavarman was his grandfather and the eminent hero Sadhanva his father, but more even by his own great dignity.
(36.) Of a man like him, whose generosity removed the badge of poverty of all mankind, (and) whose prowess drove his enemies to the mountain-caves by the sea-shore, surely he (only) is able to enumerate the excellencies who has complete command over that milch-cow of speech, the glorious goddess of eloquence.
(37.) As the lord of mountains begat Rudrâni, the ocean Lakshmi, the glorious Sun Kalindi, the son of Atri" the moon-light, and Janaka's sacrificial rite Vaidehi,-so that gem for granting the desires of tributary princes begat a wondrous ornament of maidens, the illustrious Nohala.
(38.) As the daughter of Puloman (was the wife) of the ruler of the divine hosts, and as Chhaya (was) of that lord of darkness-dispelling light, (and) Rati of the sugarcane-arrowed god, so she became the beloved of the prince Keytravarsha.
(89.) And as the elephant (is beautified) by the stream of rutting-juice, the bank of the ocean by the tender coral-creeper, a tree by the beauty of flowers, and a cloud by the lightning, so that moon of princes obtained unspeakable lustre through her, his queen.
(40.) To secure (the merit of) pious deeds, she built for the god, who is the sole object of Uma's affection, this temple which obstructs the progress of the sun with its tops the points of which graze the clouds,-a collection of her own fame as it were in bodily form;
(41.) the flags on which do not flutter, because, I fancy, they are constantly sprinkled with the foam of the horses of the lord of day, fatigued with their ceaseless march through the sky;
.., Yudhishthira; compare Situpalavadha, II, 9. Yudhishthira retired from the contest before his teacher Dropa. "The original has chuluka, from which is here derived the name Chaulukya. Compare Mr. Fleet's Dynasties of the Kanaress Districts, p. 17.
i. ., the moon.
