Kurmastakadvyam

Author(s): Bhojdev Maharaj
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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86. “You do not resort to visciousness. You do not say anything. You do not
do what is wrong or improper. Even by keeping silence how is it that
you take away the greatness of the great ?” 87. You lightened (lahuvāvia - Sk. laghūkrtā) the earth and the principal
mountains (kulagiris); you have made stationary even the oceans. By doing all this what have you accomplished really (kim vihiam hoi ?--
kiṁ vihitam bhavati ?), please tell me. 88. [Many letters of the first half of this gāthā are missing. The latter part
of the second half is metrically defective : जह रुच्च वहसु तहएम्हि | The form 'rucca' is obviously incorrect. If we read 'ruccai' in place of 'rucca' the metrical defect ceases to exist. The line would then read : 'GE heas aey de yfir l' (यथा रुचते वह तथा इदानीम । ) इति च्छायाः ॥ That the restoration of trucca' to ‘ruccai' is perfectly all right is attested by the author of this Kūrmaśataka' when later on he says of heals facere (TTC Tad ng falary story ) - gāthā No. 100. Now, the second half may be translated as : [First you have already made light the earth,
etc.], O King Bhoja, now you do as it pleases you.' 89. Of what sort was your greatness (gurutva), O earth, when you were
seated on the back [the hard shell] of the Tortoise ? And of what kind (nature) is your greatness now when you are adorning the arm of King
Bhoja ? -that too please tell me. 90. (Note :The earlier part of the second half of this gāthā is missing. The
rest of the gathā may be translated as follows :] First the earth was made light (meafa311-77ecaal, waqiat - the weight of the earth was reduced); the principal mountains (kulagiris) [were lightened), the oceans (were made stationary ?], this sky (too] How is it, (O King Bhoja), you (lit. your heart) do not think or ponder over
it ? kulagiris [were lightened-made stationary). 91. Taking away the greatness (heaviness) given by the animals (the
Tortoise, the Boar, the serpent Sesa, etc.) King Bhoja gave the earth (really) extraordinary(annam-anyat (Sk) strange, unusual, extraordinary) greatness which is not contained in [their] heart (i.e.,
which overflows their heart.) 92. Of what kind or nature was the greatness conferred on you, O earth, by