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(VB. 4-6). Then came lord Karkarāt, who bore an expansive chest with the rays of the Kaustubha jewel throbbing like Mēru which bears golden slope spread all over with lustre emitting from the morning sun; full of fear for whom were constantly the minds of the enemies, proclaimers of whose fame were (their) words, bent at whose feet were (their) heads, and lost in whose lustre was (their) glory; by whom possessing the power of Pțithu the mahi (the dominions, the earth) was widened, the bhübhrits (the kings, the mountains) were pushed back by the bow, and by whom of great ojas (might, splendour) and of pratāpa (valour, scorching heat) was dispelled the darkness, namely, the enemies.
(V. 7). Then (came) Indrarāja, who in the marriage) hall, namely, Khotaka, seized in battle the daughter of the Chalukya king by the rakshasa (form of) marriage.
(V. 8). Then flourished on the earth king Dantidurga, the chief of his family, who smote hosts of elephants and humbled the circle of proud kings from the Himalayas down to the limit of the Sētu.
(V. 9). By whom kings such as the Gurjara lord and others were made door-keepers when in Ujjayini the Great Gift called) Hiranya-garbha was completed by the Kshatriyas.
(V. 10). Then in the battle field which proved a (place) of choice marriage, SubhatungaVallabha listlessly and forcibly wrested away the Fortune of the Chalukya family, bearing the garland, namely, the waving Pålidhvajas.'
(V. 11). Though elevated by means of incontestable throne and chowries, possessed of a white umbrella and enjoying a kingdom without any rival, Akalavarsha, who destroyed kings and ehieftains, was a royal sage, a doer of unending holy acts.
(V. 12). Then Prabhatavarsha became (king), and thereafter Dhårāvarsha, by which king was rained down, as it were, a shower with arrows on the battle field.
(V. 13). That (low) deep sound of whose drum is, as it were, the satiated Death belching out, (who is) intoxicated with potations of tasteful liquor, namely, the slightly warm blood from the enemies' heads cut off by his sword in battles and (who is) (now) with stomach filled to the throat.
(V. 14). Who seized the white umbrellas, the sporting lotuses of the Lakshmi (Goddess of Sovereignty), of the Gauda king, as he was fleeing between the Ganges and the Jumna.
(V. 15). Whose fame, white as the rays of the moon, having pervaded to the end of the earth on all sides, (and) having as it were uninterruptedly crossed to the other shore of the ocean in the shape of numbers of moving conches, hundreds of pearls, saphara fish, and waves with manifold foam, reached heaven under the semblance of the necklaces and elephants of the gods, the heavenly river, and the dhartarashtra (swan).
(V. 16). The son of Nirupama, devoted to tri-varga and diligent in duties, as soon as he was crowned, being desirous of openly re-instating all classes of his feudatories, with courtesies, in their respective positions, and intent upon releasing the imprisoned Ganga addressed the words: “Ye are (unto me) like (my) father," to the assemblage of councillors, while they were protecting the earth.
(V. 17). Quickly fighting in battle and capturing all his wicked vassals like great bulls, extremely uncontrollable and fierce, that had snapped (his noose) but had those of other lords cast over them, and releasing them when their spirit of defection ended, he, with his heart softened, harboured them as the ocean does the submarine fire. It was no perturbation to him. He again supported the kings (Chubhrits) that were his enemies (vipakshas) just as the ocean does the mountains (bhūbhrits) deprived of their wings (vipakshas).
For a description of the Mahädäna called Hirapya-garbha, see the Bhavishya-Purana, U Hara-paruan, shap. 176.
. Ind. Ant., Vol. XIV, p. 104
