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· Praise by Bards and Poets
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217. “ Laksmī holds over you a veritable white chowrie in the form of your mass ( ugghāa) of fame, with its handle of gold, as it were, in the form of your extending prowess as the basis (of fame )."
218. “Huge heaps of your glory are seen lying scattered about in all directions, giving an appearance of piles of broken bracelets of the multitudes of widowed (vihavūamta) wives of your enemies (slain by you)."
219. "We still remember your (tu ) sword with its flashing rays of pearls (extracted) from elephants (māamga) in war, looking very much like a lotus-stalk planted ( utta ) in streaming water, of the Goddess Lakşmi, ever fond of her abode in a lotus-plant.”
220.“ Having launched upon the vow of giving protection to the affrighted, your sword, I believe, has now no scope even against the host of your enemies, distressed, as they would be, by fear (of you )."
221. “Your enemies' backs, observed in curiosity (and wonder) on the battle-fields, were stroked by you placing your hand on them in appreciation, as they bent down to bow at your feet."
222. “Every day, the Goddess Laksmi stays on your sword, capable of breaking open the temples of a mighty victorious elephant, solely with a desire, as it were, to collect a treasure of pearls."
223. “There exists not a single man, O Lord, who would ( wish to ) take up (ņehii) the watery drops of mercy from your eyes to your forehead ( above in wrath )."
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224. “The earth became ( very heavy ) for Sesa to bear with all his efforts (ādara ), when depressed under the weight of the 'multitude of mountains, compressing their bodies in their zeal (ādara) to fly up."
225. “Up in the sky, the clusters of mountains with the sun's. orb revolving inside underneath their wings, looked as if they came in contact with ( Indra's ) thunderbolt, yet to come (descend on them )."
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