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with conceit] was, what Bahu is to the full orb of the moon, when he seizes and swallows it; (and) the marvellous might of whose heroism had no bounds on the orb of the earth.
(V. 6.)-Then there came on this earth his son, the ruler of men, the illustrious Prithvideva; the birth-place of increasing fame, white like the spreading lustre of the full moon & sun from which is proceeding most intense brillianoy; ... of excellent royalty ; & gem which yields the desired objects to crowds of panegyrists from the (carione quarters, come ......
(V. 7.)- In the reign of this very prince, which follows the path of good government, is free from the contact of troubles, (and) causes joy to the people.
(V. 8.) In the course of time the learned Govinda, the moon of the] VA[stavya race, P] came from the Chôdi mandala to the country Tummana.
(V. 9.)-He had an elder son, named Máme, an ocean of the affection of the people, embellishing the assemblies of princes, to learned men what the sun is to lotuses; who, an ornament of the earth, as it were a pearl-string to decorate [his) ....Was famous the earth over as the unique bee of the unique lotus-feet of (Siva,) the destroyer of Tripura.
(V. 10.)- His younger brother was the illustrious Raghava, an ocean of good qualities; clever, an ornament of the expanse of the earth, he was endowed with splendour like the sun.
(V. 11.)-Resplendent is the son of the illustrious Mame, the illustrious Ratna. simha, the poet; the creeper of whose brilliant expanding fame, shining like jasmine and like the moon, (spreading over] and covering the entire world, is entwined with the pavilion of the regions; who scattered crowds of crazed disputants, (and was the pleagure garden of Fortune, (and) the home of virtuous conduct, discernment, and religious merit
(V. 12.) He had a virtuous wife, always an object of reverence for the kinsfolk, named Rambha; who was (to him) what Sacht is to Indra, what (Parvati) the daughter of the mountain is to Sambhu, and what (Lakshm) the daughter of the ocean of milk is to (Visbņu), who holds the disous in his hand.
(V. 28.)-From these two there was born here a son, Dévagana, whose fame has been proclaimed in the three worlds; who has broken the excessive conceit of crowds of learned opponents; a bee (hovering) round the dear lotus-feet of (Siva) the husband of Chandi, (and) & .... of knowledge.
(V. 14.)-Having been this whole world on all sides filled (and) whitened by his fame, shining like the foam of the sea, (Vishnu) even, [the beloved] of the daughter of tbe ocean, watched by the milk-maids, becomes confused; (and) having his attention withdrawn from the undertaking of destroying Kalanémi" in the waters of the K Alindi, he stands motionless by the shore.
(V. 10.)-His words are always eagerly received) by crowds of learned men, as the moonlight, the habitation of abundant drops of the neotar-liquid, is drunk by the round beaks of Chakra birds; and this cage-like hand of his, dexterous in giving plenti
Like verse 8 of the preceding favoription, this verse defines the time when the temple, mentioned io vorno 84 built, and it has no reference to the verse immediately following her
• Compare Raghuvashda, XV, 40, Bo. Ed., note.
