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the orb of soothing rays,* or the blossom of the favourite tree} of the 
gods. 
17. His second object of enjoyment was the favourite Jahno. From 
exuberance of love, (he had made her) a second abode for his life. 
18. In loveliness she was an ivy{ without compare. Proud as 
being the elixir which restored the life of him (Hindu Eros) who 
had been consumed by the anger of Siva, she was the boastful 
residence of all fortunate qualities. Dearer than life was she, the 
lovely. Brahma, having designed her, felt satisfied, and gave up all 
farther desire for creation. 
19. His son was Jagatsifiha, who lived on the earth like a lion, 
to break the frontal orbs of the elephant of ignorance. : 
20. (As such) he was like the son of Salyasuta and the enemy 
of Taraka.§ His son was Rayera Siftha a defender of his friends. 
21. His daughter was Bhopé, chaste, bereft of the vices of the 
Kaliyuga, and like the heavenly river Ganges, a purifier of the world. 
22. Balha and Devadasa|| were united together by the ties of 
friendship, and as radiant on earth as are the virtuous in heaven. 
23. Life is unstable as cotton fleece before a breath of wind, and 
fortune is to be compared to the play of lightning between masses 
of heavy clouds. Knowing this, that virtuous man turned his atten- 
tion to that eternal and benign path, which is like unto a blazing fire 
to the forest of sins. 
24. In the village of Samba, (or at Sdmbagr4ma,) Deva—na 
dedicated to the holder of the Bilva] and the dread trident Pindka, 
(S‘iva) a temple bright as the brow of a cloud-capped mountain. 
25. The temple, as if excited by the deep embrace of the earth, 
the abode of many kings, and bent on continuous dalliance with the 
nymphs of the quarters, seemed, like a love-stricken swain, to kiss 
the charming face of heaven in the presence of celestial damsels. 
* The moon. 
+ Parijata, like the kalpadrwma, a mythical creation. It is typified as a tree 
of extreme beauty and its flowers are supposed to possess the most exquisite 
fragrance. 
{ Lit. a creeper. 
§ Kartikaya god of war, son of Siva and Durga, called Tarakdri from having 
killed a giant named Taraka. 
|| These two were probably sons of Rayara Siftha. The latter evidently is 
the same with the Deva-na of the 22nd stanza, but not the poet Devaguna 
named in the 26th stanza as that would make the geneology unealled for. 
Owing to the loss of a syllable, the name cannot be made out, the letters 
Deva nu alone exist. @ Aigle marmelos, the favorite tree of S’iva. 
