1862.] Vestiges ofilie Kinqs of Gwalior. 421 



sloka and a s'loka of 18 syllables to the foot) His gentle and pure 

 smile added to the lustre of his brilliant necklace — ? 



His fame which pervaded all the three regions of the universe had 

 enlightened all quarters. A son Madhusudana, who was like a sun 

 to the bright lotus of his race, was born. He was familiar with all 

 great merits. Unto him of great and noble qualities, who was eulogized 

 by the learned (16 syllables unintellegible). 



(7th line after 10 syllables. ' Two s'lokas, one in the vasantatilaka 

 and the other in the Prithvi measures.) By whom religion was pu- 

 rified for ever, that religion which ennobles the mind every where in 

 the three regions. Her powers would fail her were even Sarada* 

 to attempt describing his pure and wonderful disposition. That 

 wise king considering the life of mankind to be as unstable as water 

 held in the palm of the hand — 



(8th line, 1 s'loka in the Indravajra and 1 in the Totaka.) He placed 

 wealth earned by his own hands for the gratification of the good 

 people of the earth. Therefore did mankind say that the great full 

 moon of gratification was born of him. 



His treasure of virtue daily increased by his devoting his purely 

 earned wealth to the preservation of falling or prostrate temples, 

 or such as might in future be destroyed for want of care. He 

 removed the sufferings of yatis, Brahmanas, and of men deseased or 

 in misfortune ; he also built a temple to Hara the destroyer of the 

 world (12 syllables unintelligible). 



(9th line, after 5 syllables the second half of a s'loka in the Manda- 

 kranta, a s'loka in the Anustubh and the date in prose.) The saint, 

 who was like unto a flag-emblazoned store-house of sweet and 

 poetical language, and who composed this most excellent eulogy, is 

 named Sri Jasodeva. May the god Bhava (Siva) the destroyer of 

 the enemies, the mind-bornf and Andhaka,J who dresses himself in 

 elephant hide and ashes, bestow on you wealth ! This was dedicated 

 in the year of King Vikramarka, sixty-one plus eleven hundred, in 

 the month of Magha, the 6th clay of the waxing moon, 



Nos. 9 and 10. not given by Col. C. 



No. 11. Teli Mandir, Fort of Gwalior. 



* The goddess of poetry. 



t The Hindu Eros. Manobhava. 



% A giant of that name. 



