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RANASTIPUNDI GRANT OF VIMALADITYA.
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(V. 11.) At this point the son of king Dâna, that glorious Saktivarman, who resembled (Indra) the king of the gods, having overcome the enemies by the force of (his) valour, protected the earth for twelve years.
(V. 12.) The son of this same king Dana and of (his) virtuous great queen Åry& (was) king Vimaladitya, who made the family of Satyasraya (i.e. of Polakesin II.) prosper.
(V. 13.) In the Saka year contained in the fires (3), the fires (3) and the openings of the body (9), (ie. Saka-Samvat 933),- in the month Vpishabha, in the bright fortnight, on the sixth tithi, in the nakshatra) Pushya (combined with) Thursday, in the lagna Simha, he was publicly anointed.
(V. 14.) As (the whole world) was filled by the fame- white as the moon- of this king Biruáanka-Bhima, (the god) Sambhu (Siva), in order to make his (white) body recognizable, wore on (his) throat (a black spot possessing) the splendour of the spot in the moon.
(V. 15.) The sword in his arm, to which were sticking a mass of glittering pearls which had dropped at the splitting of the temples of the elephants of (his) enemies, is resplendent for a long time, as if it were the necklace of the goddess of victory who rested (on his arm).
(V. 16.) The cobwebs, which cover the faces of the statues in the houses of the towns of the enemies routed by his valour, appear as if they were veils put on (because they could not endure the sight of strangers.
(V. 17.) He, the glory of whose valour laughed at the strongest lions, made significant in battle his proud name Tribhuvanankusa (i.e. the elephant-goad of the three worlds') by splitting the temples of a crowd of numerous mighty elephants of the enemy, which were hard to overcome.
(V. 18.) The ground (in front of his (palace) was sprinkled with the rut of strong foreign elephants, brought by the rulers of the country of Saryabhauma. Crores of stakes were surmounted by the heads of enemies, which had been brought (back) from raids (undertaken by) his troops of thousands of horses which rivalled the wind in swiftness.
(V. 19.) In the beginning the founder of the race was (the Moon), the jewel on the head of Sambhu (Siva), the nectar-producer, the nectar-rayed; then his descendant Bharata; then Vijayaditya surnamed Chalukya; (then) the glorious Satyasrayavallabha; and then the glorious king Sarvalókasraya, the prince named Mummadi-Bhima,
(V. 20.) At its free will his great valour in battle, like the edge of a sharp axe, cuts up the Sauråshtras; like a wife who captivates the mind, deprives the Sakas, Latas (and) Gurjaras of (their) courage; like good deeds, causes all heroes to reside in heaven; (and) drives others who are afraid to the ends of the quarters, as if the fervency of their austerities led (them) to the highest goal.
(L. 54.) This Cupid among heroes, who has put an end to war (vigraha), as Cupid has lost his body (vigraha); who destroys (his) enemies, as the sun denge darkness; who is skilled in royal sciences (raja-kala), as Hara (Siva) wears the crescent of the moon (raja-kald); who is beloved by the goddess Lakshmi (Rama-ramá), as a mountain is adorned with pleasure-gardens (ram-arama); who is skilled in the use of the axe, like Râma; who pleases gods and priests, as Sahadeva is the son of the Adhoaryus of the gods (i.e. the Asvins) ; who gladdens thousands of poets (samut-kavi-sahasra) (by granting) the fruit of (their) desires, as a kind of Nandana
1 Literally guests. The kings of the North had come on their elephants to visit Vimaladitya.
. I.e. by the kings of the North. Sárvabhauma is the name of the elephant of the god Kubera, the regent of the Northern direction.
This verse implies that Vimaladitya, to whom the titles Sarvalokasraya and Mummadi-Bhima refer apparently, was considered equal in importance to his ancestors: the Moon, Bharata, Vijayaditya (of Ayodhya) and Polukesin II.
