1838.] Kesaua Sena grant from Baker ganj. 47 



Translation by $ irod/rprasdda Pandit, 

 Aum ! Salutation to Na'ra'yana ! 

 1. I pray to the rising- paradoxical bird (or the sun) of the tree of holy- 

 writ (the Veda) the friend of the waterlily hushes, the deliverer of the three 

 worlds confined in the prison of darkness, who spreads abroad alternately 

 his wings one white and the other black (the seniilunations). May that 

 moon shine propitious, who revivifies the fame of him who wears the flowery 

 shafts (Ka'ma), making by his rays the airy sphere as it were spread over 

 by the water of the heavenly river, the earth as if scattered over with crys- 

 talline mountains, the ocean as if filled with pearls unfolded, and the sides 

 resembling women adorned with the blowing spikes of flowers. 



3. Of ibis line (the Chandra vamm) was born a race of kings, whose 

 hands were employed in giving rest to the chief of serpents, oppressed with 

 the weight of the world; whose courtiers filled every side of the world, and 

 the explanation of whose works, written in incomparable strings of words, 

 is delightful. 



4. In this noble line was born a raja by the name of Vijaya Sena, as 

 an incarnation ; who was as it were himself the god who wears a crescent 

 on his head ; at whose toe nails the rajas putting their heads (bowing) 

 made others mistake them for the how of the ten-headed (Ra'vana). 



5. Whose sword plays in the war to the astonishment of all people, and 

 which (sword) though like the blue lily crushes the spirit of men, though 

 beautiful like the clustered clouds gives pain to the heart of men, though 

 black shining like the madhupas (black honey bees) is an object of terror, 

 and though like smeared kajjala*, is painful to the eyes of his enemies. 



6. He, this i'8Ja, had the desire of overcoming the sun in glory (with 

 respect to his spirit), who governed this whole earth by rooting out the fa- 

 milies of the inimical royal lines by the sleepless attempt of his shining 

 sword : whose (the raja's) hands were properly compared to serpents; and 

 who was in disagreement with the lords of the cardinal points (Dihpdla) for 

 the boundaries (of his possessions). 



7. From him was born Balla'la Sena, who by hiscreeping-planl-like 

 playing sword stole sweeping the heat of the pride of his enemies, whose 

 fame was unrivalled, and by whom was stolen the Lakshmi (or wealth) of 

 liis enemies, being placed in an elephant-tusk-like palanqueen at the limit 

 of the field of battle which was impassable on account of the river of blood. 



8. From him was born Lakshmana Sena, who was the Italpa-druma (tree 

 of desire) of the earth; who, though master of immense wealth, did not 

 conquer the bold by stratagem (but by force) ; though master of Knlaf (the 

 moon) did not accept the dosha^. ; and could not say " No" though he was 



* Considered as a collyrium being applied upon the eyelashes or eyelids me- 

 dicinally or oruamentatively. 



t The word kale has two meanings, the 64 qualities and the digits or minutes 

 of a degree. 



+ The word dosha has two meanings, — faults when with raja, and night 

 when with moon. 



