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Rajputana . 237 



4. [Powerful enemies they were], like Satala, Dedd, 1 

 Sikhara,* and the Barbarian [of Nagora], the mighty archman 

 [But] the lion Vlko in the middle of the [four] elephants, 

 prepares himself to fight, expanding his mouth. 



5. With force, the son of Jodho cannot be reduced, and 

 his enemies never fight [him] a second time. After relishinj 

 the arrows [of Vlko], as if it were the grass of the forest, the 

 four elephants withdrew. 



We now come to Viko's son and successor, rava Luna 

 Karana,. whose rule, according to the current tradition, ex- 

 tended from the year Samvat 1561 to Samvat 158.3. One of 

 his most daring enterprises was an incursion he made into the 

 territory of Jesalmer. venturing with his horses till under the 

 walls of that inaccessible stronghold. The following song, 



which is a chappaya kavitta, mentions the most important 

 exploits of Luna Karana. The kavitta is by Goro, a poet — 

 probably a Carana — who seems to have been contemporary 

 with both rava Luna Karana and his son and successor, rava 

 •Jeta Si Judging from the pessimistic remark with which the 

 song closes, it seems that it must have been composed soon 



after Luna Karana's death, in Samvat 1583. 



The" text of " the song is derived from MS. 15 (p. 72a) ; of 

 Descr. Cat. of Bar. and Hist. MSS., Sect, ii, pt. i, a manuscript 

 written between Samvat 1615 and 1634. 



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