1865.] On the Sena Rdjds of Bengal. 1-45 



In his old age he settled himself in the sacred groves of the hilly 

 forests situated on the hank of the Granges, where the smoke of the 

 incense offerings reached to the skies, and young deer sucked the 

 milk of the wives of the moonies (saints) ; where parrots have got hy 

 rote the Veclas ; and where the slopes of the mountains are filled up hy 

 the saints who resort there on approach of death. 



From this king, in his manhood, when he had not devoted himself to 

 the contemplation of Gfod, was horn Hemanta Sena, who was famous 

 for killing his enemies proud of their strength, and who did acquire 

 from his birth all the pure and virtuous qualities possessed hy his 

 ancestors. 



He did bear on his head the dust of Shiva's feet, had truth on his 

 throat (i. e. spoke truth), had the Vedas in his ear, (i. e. heard the 

 Vedas,) had the hairs of his enemies under his feet, (i. e. received ho- 

 mage from his enemies), and had the scars of bow-strings on his arms. 

 Such were his ornaments, while the pearl flowers, ear-rings and golden 

 bracelets formed the ornaments of his dancing girls, 



[This sloke is so full of participles that it is difficult to translate it 

 clearly.] 



