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(Verse 30)-In the same manner as flourished Fortune and Hari, Siva and the Mountain's Daughter, so flourished Jayakēsin and Maiļaladēvi in affection, seats of immense happiness, amidst the praises of the earth.
(Verse 31)-The beauty of this Maiļaladēvi on earth surpasses that of) Rambha and Tilottamā, much more so that of) mortal woman; it is charming, look you, verily a hundred times.
(Verse 32)—" This is a sea of the nectar of loveliness that has been beheld; this grace is the play of the Moon's brows; a regular expansion of beauty. . .verily, look you, a wealth of jasmine ; this is Sarasvati's natal place": in these words people [extol] the abun. dance of the greatness of Maiļaladēvi's beauty that has arisen in the world.
(Verse 33)_" The greatness of her grace excels twice that of the mistress of the Mind-born [Kama], when one reflects; the greatness of her virtue is twelve times more than (that of) Sitá; the greatness of her beauty is a radiant tree of desire that . . .the world for glory" : thus did the world in one band praise Maiļaladēvi, whose face was a full-moon.
(Verse 34)-The much-praised famous Emperor Vikrama, (having given) a jewel of woman, sharing enjoyment . . . pleased with the Kadamba monarch mighty of prowess, flourished with splendonr in association (with him) ; radiant with true glory fostering the Kadamba kingdom, [he reigned over his] people in contentment.
(Verse 35)--Now constantly he was) careful of the genius of his kingdom, as though bidding it match the prosperity of the kingdom of this Maiļaladēvi and of Jayakēsin renowned for peerless merit.
(Verse 36)-". . . what other battle-lords are there, who are descended in due order (of lineage), proved in polity, reliable, obedient to truth, when one considers "--with these words, with his daughter the Lord of the Earth gladly gave a commission to Lakshmarāja, saying " without speaking otherwise, in the strong-chamber of thy mighty arm . . ."
(Verse 37)-When the lord, the Rāma of the Chalukyas, gave the commission, while the earth extolled Mailaladēvi. ..with delight coming in company . . the devout .. . the daughter of the Mountain-Lord and the Monarch of Earth [Siva] appearing to sight. . . in the kingdom of heaven.'
(Verse 38)-Favoured in speech, favoured in the greatness of his native intelligence, favoured also in that his men burned up in Bharata & withering army of foes, favoured in ... purity, in every respect favoured of the emperor in very sooth-happy was Lakshmana the Dandanāyaka.
(Verse 39)-[The son of) this illustrions general Lakshmana, when one reflects, in his turn now surpassed in (profundity) of character the ocean, in lofty estate the divine mountain, in the quality of firmness the earth; he was in his turn truly a noble person; how appeared in turn the singular ... of Bhavyarāja, who was a benefactor to the good!
(Verse 40)—There also flourished on earth this illustrious Bhavyarāja's high-spirited wife, a unique parifying influence in the triple world, abundant in streams of stainless knowledge, Gangādēvi.
This phrase, mattrenisade, also occurs in the great inscription of Ittagi, 1. 44 (above, vol. XIII, p. 45); it seems to mean something like "assuredly," "beyond question."
From this it would seem that Lakshmaraja was an officer of Vikramaditya's court, whom the latter appointed to the service of Mailala dēvi on her marriage to Jayakésin.
For the change of grammatical subject cf. Kittel's Grammar, p. 420.
