1837.] Translation of an Inscription from Bareilly. 783 



*T TOftTCT II ^ || 



Translation, by Sdroddprasdd Chakravartti. 

 L* May he, to whom the astounded inhabitants of the three worlds 

 offered solemn hymns and prayers, when the jewelled hood of the chief of 

 6erpents (Ananta) bent under the weight of the far-falling mountains 

 impinging on the lap of the yielding earth, on his easy effort to check 

 the outrages of the wicked (giants) ; and who humbled the ten-headed 

 (Ravana) vain of his strength and valour, — save you from a multitude 

 of sins ! 



2. May Girija' (the mountain-born goddess) beauteously adorned with 

 a string of pearls fallen from the heads of the Ddnava-Y\ke elephants, 

 seeming to spread a moon-like halo round her lotus face, sanctify the uni- 

 verse. 



3. May the royal race of Chhindu, of erst the scene of Lakshmi's 

 pastime and dalliance, the field of war and exercises of well-disciplined 

 soldiery, the sea of delight of famous princes, the lake wherein Lakshmi' 

 disported as a swan, the moon of repose of those who had completed the 

 career of heroes and a consuming fire to their enemies, be honorable. 



4. A Mahdrishi named Chyavan, he whose frown restrained the pride 

 of the chief of gods (Indra) when he had committed the well-known 

 crime t : — who by his fame was celebrated in all quarters of the world- 

 was the founder of this race. 



5. Of this family, famed for many good actions was born Viravarma, 

 who was the ornament of the world, and the crown-jewel of kings ; in 

 whose house Lakshmi' took up her abode, foreseeing in it the birth-place 

 of many future eminent persons who would be her protectors. 



* Kamala'ka'nta would read %«tt SitnT^PTHK, &c. ' easily taken up 

 bow of Siva,' &c. i. e. by the weight of the bow of Siva, which Rama easily took 

 up. This agrees better with the context, which alludes to the destruction of 

 the world produced by the breaking of this bow by Rama. 



t See the notice of this crime in the preliminary observations. 



