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No. 28.)
INSCRIPTIONS AT NARENDRA : A, OF A.D. 1125.
30 9
Naviltira simeyim
badagalu mattaru
70
114 müda-voladal-Anoya-sudili paduval
mattam Kumdur-aynāra baliya 115 bãda Kauvalagēriya sthāna-manyam
abhyantara-buddhiyim kottaru ||
porag=īgi
chatur-āghata-samēta-tribhog.
TRANSLATION. (Line 1)-Fortune ! Om !
(Verse 1)-Homage to Sambhu, lovely with the moon kissing his lofty head as a fan, who is the foundation-column for the beginning of the cities of the Three Worlds!
(Verse 2)-Having his bosom tightly clasped to the two lovely swelling breasts of the Lady Fortune, bearing on his banner the spirit of victory in battles adorned by an arm of fame unique in the world, displaying his majesty in firmness like that of the earth's ramparts, associated in the sportive play of the genius of the mighty Kādamba kingdom, everlastingly may the Lord of the Western Ocean flourish!
(Verse 3)— The blessed Lord of the Three Worlds [śiva], when in his fury he had conquered Tripura with the graceful eye in his brow, as his excitement caused weariness, came and stood in the lofty shade of a grove of brilliant kadambas; and as he let fall the bright sweat upon the ground, there was born a home of Fortune, the Kadamba lineage that is a base for multitudes of jewels in kings' diadems.
(Verse 4)- In this lineage there flourished many whose forms appeared in beauty, whose glory was encircled by the tasks of the elephants of the regions of space, and who accomplished the removal of their foes' lives.
Among these great sovereigns
(Verse 5)-The accomplished actor in the dance of that actress the spirit of victory, the brilliant new gem dear to the Lady Earth, who arose in the land with a radiance that lit up as with a lamp the hall of the world - hurrah! was Chattayadēva, the exalted Lord of the Western Ocean, who displayed the majesty of the King of Gods and possessed miraculous heroism, an ordinary man ?
(Verse 6)-As he took Kavadi-dvipa and many other regions, built a bridge with lines of ships reaching as far as Lanka, (and) claimed tribute among grim barbarians, exceedingly exalted was the dominion of the Kädamba sovereign, which many called a religious estate for the establishment of the worship) of Rama.
(Verse 7)—When gardens on every side, white-plastered houses, alleys, horse-stables, flower-gardens, agreeably connected bazaars, harlots' quarters, and tanks were charming the eye, the Lord of the Ocean [Chattaya) duly proceeded on (his) ships over the sea in sport, along with the whole population of) Gove, with great pomp as far as the land of Surāshtra.
(Verse 8)—" If words of reproach be spoken, the rustics must duly satisfy the lord Somanätha with camphor, and then shew their purity together in the earth": having thus spoken, and having assigned a lower price for root-camphor, king Chattaya, who terrified hostile armies, became an ornament to the world.
Read eumdilin.
? Here follow on the stone a spiral symbol, a danda, and a fankla. * The rending is quite clear, Gdve-teras. The point seems to be that Chattaya took with him on shipboard the gardens, houses, etc., etc., in fact the whole population of Gove and all its belongings!
Camphor, which has always been an item in the worship of gods, seems to have boen a rather expensire article : compare vol. IV, above, p. 138.
