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(V. 47.) Viranandin, the chief of sages, owns on earth the glory (of being) rich in benevolence, he who is the husband of the young woman - renown of cleverness, the ornament of every kind of excellence, the offspring of Mēghachandra - Traividya, a stroke of lightning to split the mountain Madana, the crest-jewel of the crowd of those who know the established truths, and an unaivalled jewel to yield the desires of the creatures of this world.
(V. 48.) May he abide (hero), the holy sage Viranandin, who is the sun of the firmament - those who know the science of words, the crest-jewel of those conversant with poetry, the moon to the moon-light-the science of reasoning, a pool of the lotuses - the triad of music, song and dance; who is a Brihaspati for the quintessence of the investigation of established truths; who adorns the three jewels, and is a thunderbolt to the mountains - conceited disputants!
(V. 49.) Ever victorious be in the world the chief of sages Viranandin, the lord of the circle of those who know the established truths; he whose form is like a stream of camphor for the eyes of the creatures of the worlds, whose conduct like a jewel-ornament for the ears of the assemblage of the learned, and whose fame like the shoot of a jasmine creeper for the hairtresses of the fortune of the regions!
(Line 70.) The universal sovereign of those who know the established truths, the holy Viranandin, the sun in the sky of the glorious Kondakunda-line, the crest-jewel of the learned, the embodiment of the sport of the courtesans - the several branches of faultless learning, - when Huliyamarasa, the Mahāprabhu of the sacred great place of Kolanūra, and (the authorities of) the three towns and the five mathas, having seen a copper charter, bade him cause it to be written, - caused this stone charter to be written in accordance with what was in that (copper) charter.
Bliss! Great fortune, fortune, fortune! Adoration to....!
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