Book Title: Epigraphia Indica Vol 01
Author(s): Jas Burgess
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India

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________________ INSCRIPTION OF THE CHANDELLA VIRAVARMAN, 329 TRANSLATION. Om ! Om! (May) success (attend)! (Verse 1.) May the divine Gangå on Siva's head protect you, (she who is) attenuated as it were with jealousy, at seeing half his body appropriated by the daughter of the mountain ! (2.) Glory be to that one friend of the god of love, who gladdens the eyes and is) the head-ornament of the moon-crested (Siva),-the moon, from whom here on earth there has sprung a race which has freed Fortune from the blemish of fickleness! (8.) In that (race) there was a ruler over the earth whose fame is sung by the Vidyadharas, (who was the pitcher-born (Agastya") in swallowing that odean-Karpa, (and) the lord of creatures in creating anew the kingdom, -the illustrious Kirtiver. man. (4.) From him ( sprang) the prince Sallakshana whose sword took away the fortune of the Malaves and Chedis; and after him the valiant Jayavarmadeva ruled the kingdom, whose one glory was victory. (5.) After him Prithvivarman was king, similar to Prithu; and then Madana ruled over the kingdom, a god of love to opponents. (6.) Then came the illustrious king Paramardin, who, as a leader, even in his youth, struck down opposing heroes, (and) to whom the fortune of universal sovereignty quickly came, like an enamoured damsel choosing him of her own free will. (7.) Then the prince Trailokyavarman ruled the kingdom, a very creator in providing strong places. Like Vishnu he was, in lifting up the earth, immerged in the ocean formed by the streams of Turushkas. (8.) Victorious is his son Vira, that ruler of the earth of spotless bravery who has delighted the damsels of heaven by sending them, as lovers, the hostile heroes whom he cut down on the field of battle. (9.) Victorious (and) to be worshipped by all men is he whom, when he strikes down the wicked (and) disperses crowds of opponents, people gaze at-wondering whether be be Vishnu riding on Garuda or Siva roaming about on his bull. (10.) In the race of Dadhichi there was the illustrious [Cha]dala, endowed with marvellous true glory, an object of reverence for the Kshatriyas; and he had a most excellent son, named Bripala, who was bravery, as it were, incarnate. (11.) His son, to be revered even by crowned heads, was Maheśvara, whom people declare to be properly so named, when he disports himself, valiant like a bull. (12 and 13.) He married the prince Govindaraja's daughter, unsurpassed for virtuous conduct, who, for her extraordinary deeds, like Siva's wife, must always be honoured by faithful wives,--the lady Vesaladevi (), endowed with both beauty and excellent qualities. Her daughter, now, is Kalyaşadevi, of great renown. (14.) When she became the chief queen of the illustrious king Vira, like unto Sri (sohen she became the pipe) of the enemy of Kaitabha, this lady by her pleasing, noble and holy deeds became famous for ever. The wage Agastya is fabled to have swallowed the ocean. * Or, perhaps, 'in creating new kingdom.' * In the original tbe pamango is quite clear, and admits of no other interpretation than the one given above. The word mnadana itself is one of the synonyms of manmatha. 1..., Vishnu.

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