1865.] On the Sena Rajds of Bengal. 149 
wiag rae aa fafas © crag Wea 
aei wea qy ate facar arate <u 
raaqiaaeaniafat: ares WMT 
aanltiaeataataataar faxraateaa: | RQ | 
O Righava, O Aswineya, O Vardhana, do you boast, calling yourself 
a hero? away with your boasting, stop your pride. The cries that arose 
day and night among the captive kings prevented the -guards of the 
prison-house from sleeping (at any time). 
Walaa ay ara 
wats eAyarata atfrata | 
aig afvaficafa way. 
sufeada afefoeaat wari | 22 | 
The fleet which he equipped for conquering the western countries, 
went up the stream of the Ganges, and one of the ships became stuck 
in the ashes which are on the forehead of Shiva, and which have been 
- changed into mud by constant mixture with the water of the Ganges, 
and being left there, shines as the moon. 
[The Hindu Shasters affirm that the Ganges proceeds from the 
Jaté (matted hair of Shiva), and hence this sloka means, that this 
king having resolved to conquer up to the source of this river, one 
of his ships going up the stream became stuck on the forehead of 
Shiva, where it shines like the moon. ] 
qa! RUA AMCHATAG WAVALAT- 
qa eae ca ufcafafuge: gtataciieatara | 
Rywageai faafsaqaa: ara ataxia: 
feed aa saiciasfanasni afae: Srfaararaieey 
Through his favour the wives of the rich Brahmins learned to make 
diamonds from cotton seeds, black diamonds from grass leaves, silver 
from the flower of long gourds, pearls from brittle cavities of pome- 
-granates, and gold from flowers of gourd-creepers and euphorbia. 
sarateaifaayaay- 
Wala AMIGA: | 
