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wrest the torment of the earth by protection and was not a ravisher of women by dallinace.' He never showed relentlessness unto those who sought shelter under him. He was endowed with the entire host of Saktis such as Mantra Sakti, Prabhu Sakti and Utsäha Sakti the power of knowledge being the power of counsel, the power of treasury and the army being the power of might, the power of valour being the power of energy etc. and hence was capable of bearing the yoke of the earth most strenuously. He was prone to safeguard the entire group of groves on the earth lest any one should remove and cut short the tree trunks and was such who had secured the interests of the four stages of life i. c. He was the supreme saviour of the agricultural produce and was required to safeguard the interests of the sectarian resorts. He owed his steadiness to the earth and his radiance to the Sun, his speech to the goddess of learning, his physical charms to the goddess of fortunes." He was not made to dance to the tunes of the pride of fortunes, nor was he harassed by the anguishes born of the group of passions." The alligators of sense-objects did not attract him nor did the shackles of love of women bind him; He would clash with the enemies risen to power, had a bounteous disposition and felt pleased when supplicants were large in number. He would fee pleased when problems brought him a tussle. He felt cheerful when fortunes disfavoured him. Anxious to show his powers he would face odds. He had a knack for uprooting the evil' (adharma).
A king was believed to possess some inherent virtues that counted him all above the other human beings. No commoner could vie with him. That is why Dhanapala has compared his refulgent radiance to the bolt of Indra like whom he smote the circle of kings like mountains smitten by the bolt." His
1. safargi meàa a eneÀt Ibid. Vol. I. p. 62.
2. अकृतकारुण्य करचरणे न शरणे। Ibid, Vol. I. p. 62.
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: 1 TM p. 63. Vol. KAŚ Vol. I. 6. 2. 33. p. 166 Vol. II p.
4. रक्षिताखिलक्षितितपोवनोऽपि त्रातचतुराश्रमः । TM Vol. 1p. 63.
5. पृथ्वीमय इव स्थैर्ये तिगांशुमय इव तेजसि सरस्वतीमय इव वचसि, लक्ष्मीमय, इव लावण्ये | Ibid. Vol. p. 63
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6. अनर्तितो लक्ष्मीमदविकारैरखलीकृतोव्यसनचक्रपीडाभिरनाकृष्टो विषयग्राहैरयन्त्रितः प्रमदाप्रेमनिगडैः । Ibid Vol. I. p. 64.
7. यश्च सङ्गरश्रद्धालुरहितानामुन्नत्यानुतोषणप्रणत्यादानव्यसनी जनानामर्थितयाऽप्रीयत,
कार्याणां वैषम्येन जहर्ष, ... दैवस्य वैमुख्यमाचकांक्ष, धैर्यव्यक्तिकामो व्यसनाय स्पृहयांचकार,... सकलाधर्मनिर्मूलनाभिलाषी । Ibid Vol. I pp. 65-66.
8. व्रज इव विडौजसो निर्ददाह महीभृत्कुलानि समन्ततः प्रज्वलत्प्रतापः । TM Vol. I p. 65.
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