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kshetriyas; the abode of love; fame itself; the pride of his family; the 

 wealth of the virtuous, the art of the Creator, the ocean of good qualities, 

 and void of a path for evil. 



31. His foes deprived of their repose by the first acquaintance of the 

 light of his shining renown, and separated from their beauteous females, 

 unto this day do not quit the mountain caves : and by his increasing troops 

 of thousands of dreadful elephants, resembling heaps of clouds and whose 

 brows were fragrant with the dew of passion, the mass of hills was either 

 humbled or cleft. 



32. In the field of battle, even the proudest monarchs should only be 

 forcibly secured. Enmity should not exist : fame should be increased in 

 this world, by charity unceasingly practised. There must not be any osten- 

 tation. To petitioners their request should always immediately be granted 

 without any enquiry. These are the virtues of princes and these practises 

 were proverbial of Premasahi. 



33. The fortunate Hridayeswara resembling another new year was the 

 son of this illustrious prince ; he was the giver of happiness to the just, and 

 the glory of his ancestors. 



34. Although he rules over the whole world, yet he particularly cherish- 

 es the unprotected ; a cloud though raining equally, waters a valley most 

 abundantly with rain. 



35. By him were presented, and confirmed (by grants) on neat copper 

 plates, to the brahman as, several villages encompassed by delightful groves, 

 proud with splendid mansions well inhabited, abounding with pure lakes 

 stocked with lotuses ; pleasing from the continued noise in the temples (from 

 the chanting of the vedas, &c. &c.) and every where possessing extensive 

 (lands) fruitful with every kind of grain. 



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