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acquainted with all the words; and who, though the most happy of men (or the 

 bhogindra, lord of sesndg) was not surrounded by the double-minded (or 

 snakes). 



9. Who (the raja) caused three different sounds to he made to the sky 

 in the three Sandhyds (the three periods of a day, the dawn, the noon, and 

 the evening). In the dawn the sounds of the iron chains of those impri- 

 soned rajas who were his enemies; at the noon the loud ringing of the bells 

 on the young elephants and camels, led forth to be watered; and in the 

 evening the pleasing sounds of the manjiras (ornament for the feet or 

 toes) of female visitors, beautified by their evening dresses. 



10. The raja (Balla'la Sena) being desirous of having a son, left all 

 kinds of enjoyment and assiduously worshipped Hara (Siva) in many 

 hundred prior births on the bank of Suradhuni (Gangd) for the birth of 

 this prince ; otherwise so famous a prince (Laksmana Sena) would not 

 have born from him, who was the head of all rajas and praised by the 

 universe, and whose resolution widowed the wives of his enemies. 



1 1 . Who when born and existing on the earth, the moon was no longer 

 solely on the firmament ; nor the kalpa tree on the golden mountain, nei- 

 ther the chief of the gods only in the city of the Devas, (i. e. they were 

 here also). 



12. Who knows why the creator, having made his fond stay in the field 

 of battle, did not create his rival enemy in this sphere of the earth ? His 

 hands were like the trunks of elephants and his breast hard as stone ; his 

 shafts were fatal to his enemies and his elephants were exuding juice from 

 their heads. 



13. By him were erected many pillars for victories in battle, high sacri- 

 ficial posts near the altar of Mushaladhara and Gaddpdni {Balardma and 

 Jaganndtha) situated on the coasts of the South Sea; at the holy place of 

 Visveswara, (or at Kdshi) where fall the streams of Asi and Varand, into 

 the waves of Gangd; and on the banks of Triveni {Allahabad), which be- 

 came truly sacred and pure, for its being the place where he who was born 

 from lilies (Bramha) commenced his sacrifice. 



14. His chief queen was Va'su'devi' the jewel of the heads of Satis*, 

 and after creating whom the creator thought his hands to have been sacred; 

 whose astonishing charms and conduct adorned the universe, and whose 

 Sapatnisf Earth and Laksmi fulfilled her every desire. Nay she was 

 worthy of obtaining the Trivargas (or the three human objects of pur- 

 suit, viz. virtue, wealth, and love.) 



15. From them was born Kesava Sena Deva, who was the jewel of 

 the crown of his inimical rajas, as was born Saktidhara (Kartika) from him 

 who wears a crescent on his head and Gi'rya' (the mountain-born goddess). 



16. It is not wonderful that at the glance of him, who conquered the 

 universe and turned the golden vessels of adverse rajas into iron, that the 

 iron drinking-vessels of the bramans should be turned into gold ! 



17. The multitude of his inimical rajas hearing of his strength, instantly 



starting with fear and leaving their dear sleeping consorts, quickly enter- 



* Virtuous women, who burn themselves with their husbands' corpses, 

 f A woman whose husband marries other wives, 



