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own birth by a vision, was conceived, by this Kashyapa of the earth, 

 the god Hari, in the form of Sri' Bhava-deva, on whose hands 

 are beheld marked two lotuses, within whose breast the kaustubha 

 (the jewel of Krishna) is, from outward appearances, known to be 

 deposited. — 15. By whom, placing Lakshmi' in his right shoulder, 

 the earth in the force of his counsel, Saraswati' in the tip of his 

 tongue, the bird Nagantaka (Garuda) in the body of his enemies, 

 and the discus in the soles of his feet ; these his symbols were, for 

 the sake of concealing that divine and primeval body, perverted. — 

 16. Assisted by the force of whose (Bhava-deva's) counsel, that 

 conqueror in virtue Hari Varmma-deva long exercised dominion. 

 In the reign of his son also, Lakshmi', like a firm Kalpalata (a tree 

 of heaven, bestowing all desires) followed the path of his (Bhava- 

 deva's) policy. — 17. Of whom the worthy, the high-minded, the 

 possessor of Kamala, the pardoning, the sea of virtues, the undis- 

 turbed in mind, and ocean-souled — the qualities, such as recti- 

 tude, greatness, kindness, purity, depth, firmness, and determination, 

 almost transcending the bounds of speech, greatly delight (the 

 world). — 18. Who is proclaimed to be Parameshwar (the Supreme 

 Lord) on earth, by the following assembly of the Shaktis (energies 

 of the Deity), viz. his fame (a form of) the great Gauri' — his arm 

 graceful as a climbing plant, and terrific with the quivering sword 

 (a form of) Chandi', delighting in war and smeared with the blood 

 of enemies in the field of battle — his person (a form of) the great 

 Lakshmi' — and lastly, that naturally graceful eloquence. — 19. Before 

 whose most powerful brahminical splendor the faint solar luminary 

 enacts the part of a young fire-fly. Before the high aspiring body 

 of whose fame the snowy mountain (the Himalaya) is truly as high 

 as one's knee. — 20. This personage, a specimen of those who know 

 the unity of Brahma, a creator of wonders in already existing science, 

 an evident discerner of the profound virtues of the words of philoso- 

 phers, a sage, another jar-born saint (Agastya Muni) to the sea* 

 of Buddhism, skilful at annihilating the opinions of heretics and 

 cavillers, displays the qualities of Sarvajna (the omniscientf) upon 

 earth. — 21. Who, seeing across the ocean of spiritual knowledge, 

 mystical learning, and the science of computation ; being a producer 

 of all wonders in worldly sciences ; and being himself the inventor 

 and promulgator of a new system of Astrology, has evidently become 

 another Vara'haJ. — 22. He, by composing a proper and excellent 



* Alluding to the legend of Agastya Muni's swallowing the ocean in a fit 

 of anger. Agastya is said to have been born in a water-jar. 



t Also a title of the deified saints of the Buddhists. 



JYara'ha Mihira, a great astronomer, and one of the nine learned men 

 styled •T3TW " the nine gems." 



