PILLAR NEAR BUDDAL* 137 



kings of Draveer (1) and Goojar, (2,) whofe glory was 

 reduced, and the univerfal fea-girt throne. 



XIV. 



He confidered his own acquired wealth the property 

 of the needy, and his mind made no diftin&ion between 

 the friend and the foe. He was both afraid and afhamed 

 of thofe offences which condemn the foul to fink again 

 into the ocean of mortal birth ; and he defpifed the 

 pleafures of this life, becaufe he delighted in a fupreme 

 abode. 



XV. 



To him, emblem of Vreehapatee, (3,) and to his re- 

 ligious rites, the Prince Sree Soora Pal (who was a 

 fecond Eendra, and whofe foldiers were fond of 

 wounds) went repeatedly ; and that long and happy 

 companion of the world, which is girt with feveral 

 oceans as with a belt, was wont, with a foul purified 

 at the fountain of faith, and his head humbly bowed 

 down, to bear pure water before him. 



XVI. 



Vanwa 9 of celeftial birth, was his confort, with whom 

 neither the fickle Lakshmee, nor Satee^ (4,) conftant to 

 her lord, were to be compared. 



Vol, I. M XVIL 



(1) A Country to the South of the Carnatick. 



(2) Goozerat. 



(3) The Preceptor of the good Spirits, and the Planet Jupiter* 



(4) The Consort of Seer, 



