170 Inscribed Slab found near Chhatarpur. [March, 





Translated by J. C. C. Sutherland. 



Salutation to Siva. 



1. With internal joy be there reverence, to the unborn God, the 

 cause of those vast holy fig trees, which approach the moon : who 

 himself devoid of action, is the preserver and destroyer. 



2. For your welfare isaiva) be the mystic dance of the god, which 

 occurs at periods of annihilation ; in which rapidly whirl the summits 

 of all the crested mountains, and in which, that mount (affixing as it 

 were the earth shaken to the seventh sea), becoming like a headless 

 but yet panting corse, falls a prostrate image, — trembling and whining 

 by the voices of its elephants. 



3. " Who art thou on the threshold, naked and abject? How 

 " unreasonably dost thou bear a trident in thy left hand. Fie on this 

 "warlike shew. Truly those peacock's feathers become thee !" Thus 

 gibed by his beloved, the god with a smile replies, " Know me to be 

 Maiiksvara." " It is clear indeed, (she adds) and the confirmation 

 is in your want of clothes." May that god Sambhu be for your 

 welfare. 



4. This beautiful Bha'ratiC 7 ) too excels, resplendent as pearl; she 

 who ever dwells in her lotus abode on the face of Pasu-pati.( 8 ) 



7. Sarasvati — eloquence personified. 



8. Name of Siva as lord of the animate world. 



