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Line IV 8. with servants and family 



V 9. said by his son 



VI. — 10. in his actions of a never changing mind 



VII. — 11. Most valiant, whose foot approaching duly I salute. 



VIII. — 12. in the battle, with his own arm vanquishing always. 



IX. — 13. with high. . . . expanded — minds 



X. 



XL 



XII. — 14. fame as seen by men (illumed) by the rays of the moon.. . 



XIII. — 15. active in the road, a poet's intellect and power proceeding. . . 



XIV. — 16. of Brahma. ... of the dextrous in hundred avatars — his own 



arm's mighty strength praised. 



XV. — 17. arrow 18. family .... 19. good name 



XVI 20. Mahendra's worshipper. . 21. Mahendra's mountain. 



XVII. — 22. Nilaraja to be known by words. . preserverofelephant'sarmor 



Ugrasena, Devarashta. . 23. from Dhananjaya down all southern char 

 tered kings taking. 



XVIII. — 24. Vamatilana gadatta Chandra Vasu .. 



. . 25. all giving rent. 



XIX. . . . . . . 26. by neighbouring kings. 



XX. — 27. destroyer of Prachanda sasana (of a terrible commander) 



28. Destroyer of a kingly family,. . 29. whose fame is spread 



throughout all countries, son of a god. 



XXI. — 30. all governing his own humble faith. 



giver of one hundred thousand. 



XXIL— 31. ground of battle, fame of kings, 32. Of 



unpararelled faith, . . who by the strength of his own arm conquered more 

 than one king. 



XXIII. — 33. Lord of the unfortunate. . .. 34. of him who was 



inaugurated the most eminent of poets. 



XXIV. — 35. sharp intellect, high understanding. . Gandharva — Tridasapati 



(Indra) 36. By heavenly poetical works composed by learned 



men of him who was inaugurated the most eminent of Rajas . . 37. of a mag- 

 nanimous conduct. 



■ XXV. — 38. of him whose mind is formed by time and action only in the 



palace of the world .. of the great-grandson of Chandragupta, of the 

 grandson of the great Raja Sri Yagnakacha, and of the son of the great 

 Raja, the first (supreme) Raja (Adhiraja) Sri Chandragupta. 



XXVI. — 39. of the son of the daughter of Lich-ch'ha Vikriti, of the 



family of Mahadivya Kumara . . . . of the great Raja, the supreme 

 Raja (Adhiraja) Sri Samudragupta, whose fame caused by the conquest 

 of the whole earth increased and expanded throughout the whole ground of 

 the earth was equalling Tridasapati, (Indra.) 



XXVII. — 40. going to the house 41 gift by arm's strength, 



favor, weapons, words increase over and over, all-serving, jewel desiring fame 



XXVIII. — 41. Pasupati (Siva) purifying the three worlds. 



XXIX 43. Of the son skilled in peace and war young 



prince. 



XXX. — 44. the supreme king 45. the chief of punishment 



(literally the chief of staffs, perhaps police-officer )' by Tilabhadanta. 



