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He being fixed as the receptacle of merit, and having attained the 

 Kumbha of morals, his father supplicated the new anointed royal Lakshm! 

 (Varmma of Ujjein ?) (27.) 



His .spreading fame adorned the ocean (which is fitted with playful shells) 

 with the additional splendour which it received from his kingdom. (28.) 



His wife who increased in riches, as the women resembling the dikshalea 

 delight the munis; she behaved according to the injunctions of the Sru- 

 tus and was worn by the wives of the gods as an ear-ornament, (i. e. they 

 heard of and had regard to her, (29.) 



This son Nana whose person was beautiful like the new moon, who 

 never had any mean object of desire, who was the cause of delight of the 

 whole world, and whose person was become beautiful by being agreeable 

 to all, made the king his father glorious. (30.) 



He being desirous of crossing the ocean of worldly concerns by the shi D 

 of the husband of Lakshmi, accepted the profession of worship for salvation 

 from the best consideration. (31.) 



And seeing the unreal agreeableness of worldly pleasures derived from the 

 surrounding elements, and desiring salvation, he assumed the lily face pure 

 from conversation thus to ascertain self-knowledge ; and was wise. (32.) 



This highly spirited Nana caused this well made image of Hari to be 

 placed at the victorious and celebrated fort of Jayanagara in honor of his 

 forefathers, he was a judge of human merits, an illustrator of all morality, 

 well acquainted with religious duties ; and of a mild understanding. (33.) 



This man of respectable intellect, established a temple with the image of 

 Keshava, at the same place for the final salvation of his ancestors. (34.) 



So long as the great mountains, the earth, the gods, the mines of jewels 

 (or oceans), the moon, the sun, and the starry spheres shall endure, so 

 long shall his name exist in this habitation of the creator ; who was the 

 seat of virtue and respected by the gods. (35.) 



A person named AmarapatI being desirous of gaining the curiosity of 

 learned persons composed this inscription, written with wonderful letters, 

 and filled with excellent metaphors expressed in appropriate phrases. He 

 was obedient to all and corpulent, and was like (he sun by his eminent qua- 

 lities. He possessed the title of a wise man. (36.) 



This inscription was written on the lucky day of the month of Vaishakha, 

 in figures Samvat 1345. (37.) 



He (AmarapatI) had two sons named Sukarmottarana'tha and Bal- 

 labha, by Champalcd (his wife) who loved one another, were well known in 

 the world and a pattern of morality. 



In the town-division of the Kdyasthas, having a street on all sides, in 

 the fort of Jayapura*, by Tha'kur Su'pau's son Pansuhaduka, was this 

 written. Goodluck attend the author ! 



* This place must not be confounded with the modern town of Jeypoor, which 

 was only founded by Jey Singh in the middle of the 17th Century. The name 

 is common enough. 

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