1837.] in the Asiatic Society's Museum. 97 



Sri Vatsa*, and by the trembling discus. Which (temple) having 

 overccme Vaijayanta, (the palace of Indra,) waves out a flag in the 

 sky. Beholding the beauty of which temple, Giuisha (Siva) no 

 longer desires Kailasa. — 29. He (Bhava-deva), placed in that house 

 of Vishnu, in the innermost sanctuaries, the images of Na'rayana, 

 Ananta, and Nrisingha, as the vedas in the mouths of Brahma'. — 

 30. He gave to this (temple, an) offering to ILuuf a hundred dam- 

 sels, with eyes like those of a young deer, who are mistaken for 

 celestial dancers sojourning on the earth, who with a glance restore 

 to life Kama, although he was burnt up by Ugra-brik, (fiery-eye, i. e. 

 Siva,) who are the prison-houses of the impassioned, the abode of 

 melody, dalliance, and beauty united. — 31. He truly made in front 

 of the temple a pool, which is a market of purity alone, the water of 

 which is pure and sparkling as an emerald, which, displaying under 

 the form of a reflection in the water, the exact scene of Vishnu 'a 

 deceiving the Hydra}, appears most splendid. — 32. He on all sides 

 of the temple formed an excellent garden, the quintessence of the 

 earth, the vessel into which the delight of all eyes distils, the place 

 of repose of Ananga (the god of Love) wearied with the conquest of 

 the three worlds. — 33. This eulogium was composed by his dear 

 friend, the learned Sri' Va'chaspati, the chief of Brahmans. Let 

 this golden zone, like a beautiful form of fame, remain on the loins 

 of this pure edifice until the destruction of the world ! 



• [in the year 32.] 



This eulogium is upon Bhatta Sri' Bhava-deva, surnamed 



B A'LA- VALABHl'-BH UJANGA. 



* A peculiar mark on the breast of Vishnu, said to be a curl of hair twisting 

 to the right. 



t The compound word ^iWt here translated " an offering to Hari," has 

 given much trouble ; and the sense at last adopted does not appear very satis- 

 factory. The word Tf*^ is not found in Dictionaries: it is substituted by a 

 grammatical rule, for fl^f " understanding;" but only when compounded with 

 a negative, or with "^T> ^, T°^> or ^^T. The meaning here given is thus 

 arrived at, the word U^f is given in Wilson as meaning " an offering," and is 

 derived from the root *?^ by adding the affix ^9*T : it has therefore been supposed 

 that this word ^TH*5 may be formed by affixing ^^$»T to the same root, with the 

 same meaning. 



X Referring to the story of Krishna's conquering the one hundred and ten- 

 headed serpent Kaliya in the river Yamuna near Vrinddvana. 



