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10. From him who resembled Indra, was born a generous son possess- 

 ed of an arm strong enough to sustain the weight of universal government. 

 This glorious monarch, Sri' Rajaraja, then governed the world. 



11. The servants of Jndra were all confused, one laying hold on the 

 tail and another on the proboscis, were dragging on shore his elephant, 

 which, while sporting in the water, had fallen into the mud that had been 

 collected in the heavenly river from the abundant dust raised by the hoofs 

 of the spirited steeds of this king. 



12. If so many enemies had not indeed been constantly killed in battle 

 by this king having an arm like Vishnu, then, in this iron age, in which 

 wickedness so much abounds, how could Brahma' have formed so many 

 gods* ? 



13. Surama', which is another word for the goddess Rama' or Lakshmi, 

 and who was also called Antahpura-sundari', was the glory of all jewels. 

 She, assimilating quickly with the excellent man whom she married, gave 

 away mountains of gold, and became renowned, and the sole envy of 

 kings. 



14. This distinguished king, after enjoying for a long period-all the 

 pleasures of the Kali-yuga or iron age, and becoming old, anointed to the 

 kingly office, his younger brother Aniyanka-Bhi'ma, at whose feet other 

 kings bowed. 



15. This Aniyanka-Bhi'ma was a renowned monarch, a famous emper- 

 or, the supreme ruler over opposing kings, who yet did not seize upon their 

 wives. This moon of men, with strength like Indra's, having obtained 

 the sea-girt circle of the earth, soon made it like the circular discus held 

 in his hand. 



16. Oh, ANANTAt, what say you ? The great weight sustained by the 

 tortoise you know is insignificant, but the weight sustained by the glory 

 of the king of the three Kalingas I know not. Hear this! When this 

 king delights to go forth to victory, half the earth rises to heaven in the 

 form of dust excited by the strokes of the hoofs of his fleet steeds. 



17. Fortune herself springing from the sea of contest, holding in her 

 hand a sword bright as the king of serpents, and desiring the love of many, 

 like the faithless woman produced by the mountain Mandara, remains 

 constantly with this renowned king: the proof of which is furnished in 

 this, that the moon of his fame is still always shining^. 



18. Xike the famous Swapneswara, he went forth to complete the 

 conquest of the world, and was himself alone greater than the complete 

 armies of the kings descended from Ganga' with all their bright weapons. 



* It is supposed that those who die in battle are saved : in these words, the 

 doctrine of Apotheosis, as believed by the Greeks and Romans, is distinctly avowed. 



•f- Ananta is the serpent on whose head the earth is supposed to rest : he sup- 

 ports the tortoise that bears the earth. 



X The moon and Lakshmi or fortune are supposed to have been produced by the 

 gods at the churning of the ocean, and to have a common origin and end. 



