1862.] Three Sanskrit Inscriptions. 121 



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 m&m ^r ^irfcmT^ wra ii t^« it 



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* " Black serpents, abiding in arid hollows of trees, in unwatered wildei*« 

 nesses, do they become who usurp the property of the gods, or of Brahmans." 



It need scarcely be remarked, that Hindu land-grants are almost always fol- 

 lowed by a number of stanzas pointed at the iniquity of wrongful resumption 

 and such other high-handed proceedings. 



At different times, and chiefly in this Journal, I have translated most of the 

 verses appended to oar inscription. I therefore confine myself, mostly, to ren- 

 dering such of them as I have not before had occasion to put, at least from the 

 readings here exhibited, into English. 



f "They who have come down in our family declare, that this gift ought to 

 be approved by others. Uncertain as a bubble of water is the fortune of men. 

 Donation alone is its fruit. Hence this donation should be maintained." 



The prosody of these verses is somewhat free. 



X "The wise should keep up the laws connected with virtue, established for 

 the good of the people. The reprobate who, from avarice, or delusion, shall 

 usurp, will promptly incur a painful hell down below." 



^TlX^TI^MW i 3 ver J dubious grammar, 



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