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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA,
(Verse .) For whom is that holy man not an object of laudation, -he who, an abode of every kind of knowledge, wise (and) true to his vows, still further increased the renown spread over the illustrious Madhumateya lineage; and who surpassed the earth by his patience, the cloud by his fairness, the ocean by his propriety of conduct, (and) the god of love by his freedom from passion ?
(66.) Or, rather, what need has that eminent sage of praise at all,-he whom the illustrious prince, the moon of the Chedis, having shown his devotion by presents sent by well-conducted messengers, in due form brought hither, full of respect ?
(87.) The illustrious Lakshmanaraja also, filled with devotion, himself made over to that great ascetic the monastery of the holy Vaidyanatha.
(58.) And Che sage, having accepted it, again gave the holy Nauhalesvara monastery to his well-conducted disciple Aghorasiva.
(59.) Now, when he had performed (this) deed, the powerful Chedi lord marched, with all his elephants and horses, (and) accompanied by strong foot-soldiers of tributary chiefs, to the very pleasant western region, inspiring his adversaries with fear (and) diffioult to be obstructed in his progress.
(60.) Having valorously struck down (adversaries) who were humbled in battle, having his commands honoured by presents offered by princes who bowed down before him, and) having fulfilled the hopes of suppliants with the wealth on which they had set their hearts, he made the host of his army sport in the water of the ocean.
(61.) Having bathed in the sea, the illustrious (prince) then worshipped somes. vara with golden lotuses; but he also presented something else.
(62). After defeating the lord of Kosala, he made the (effigy of) Kaliya, wrought of jewels and gold, which was obtained from the prince of Odra, a reverential offering to some vara. Having besides presented elephants, horses, splendid dresses, garlands, sandal and other (gifte), the prince, to get out of the toils of this life, humbly praised (the god), full of joy :
(63.) “Whenever a prince, freed from darkness by prostrating himself at your feet (and) delighting in the truth, deems this life void of substance, then his good fortune is no longer liable to change, because he has got rid of (the bondage of) birth."-Absorbed in such meditation, he fixed his mind on Siva's glory.
(64.) From him was born the great ruler, the illustrious Samkaragaña, whose incomparable pair of feet was worshipped even by adversaries;
(65.) who, of stubborn daring, in battle eagerly devoted his sword to the destruction of countless hosts of enemies, while his generosity always caused joy to the people ; who, of matchless beauty, humbled the baughty pride of the god of love, and who as a ruler of the earth was praised everywhere and at all times by the wise ;
(66.) the broad resting place of whose two lotus-feet, & seat of prosperity, was decorated by the rays of the large jewels that covered the diadems of princes bowing down (before him); and whose ocean-like breast was resorted to by Fortune, come to him gradually, while another deity of fortune, the glory of heroism, had taken her seat in the edge of the prince's sword.
• Dr. Ball states that it is the custom to make fanded representations, in miniature, of the serpent Kaliya whloh wu destroyed by Kpiahpe, and to hang them about the book of imagw of Bira.
