70 Inscription from the Bijaya Mandir, Udayapdr, $c. [Jan. 



3. O Sun ! the moon having imbibed the rays of thy reflected light 

 attained her wealth of the health-promoting herb,* which produces 

 amrita (nectar) when offered in oblation to the fire, which amrita 

 again is sought by the gods ; — therefore I say, verily thy greatness is 

 inconceivable ! 



4. Thy visible rays are liable to destruction, but thy invisible rays 

 are eternal, therefore thy rays are two-fold : — O Lord of light ! we 

 salute thee. 



5. Thy invisible rays are atomic, and the cause of our soul, and the 

 visible exist in the form of the creation. 



6'. He, who by eradicating worldly desires becomes the source of 

 conferring happiness, and like a billow plays on the ocean of intellect 

 purified by knowledge and meditation, can be somewhat appreciated 

 only by the devout. That pure light positively is the great Brahma 

 which shines in the heavens, and is the cause of the happiness of this 

 passing world. 



7. The ignorant (lit. film-eyed) believe him to be the light that is 

 seen, but the learned (lit. clear-sighted) know the purifier of minds to 

 be the Great Mind. 



8. He, who knows thee to be the life of the world, — or, the world 

 a part of thee, — is a gnyani (learned), but he who thinks otherwise, 

 is a dunce. 



9. Ye cowards ! infatuated by worldly passions, and ever actuated 

 by doubts ye take not his protection : Why not by worshipping him, 

 who is a bar to misfortune, approach the contented Commander, who 

 leaves you a wide open door to the stronghold of salvation ? 



He attains salvation who prays the sun orally and mentally, and 

 performs virtuous actions .f 



The subjoined is the legend of a copperplate grant presented to the 



t v some time ago by Brigadier Stacy : the translation of this also 



is by Babu Rajendra Lai Mittra. This grant is remarkable as contain- 



1 he moon plant (Sarcostema viminalis). 

 t I'he last sentence is in prose. 



