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nails of bis feet are resplendent as a mirror with the reflected radiance emit- 

 ted from the prostrate tiaras of innumerable princes; the tender palms of his 

 hands are chafed by the tresses of those royal fortunes whom he has dragged 

 captive : his merit in war is decorated with strings of pearl reddened by the 

 blood starting from the brows of the elephants of his foes cleft by the edge 

 of his well sharpened sword. He is as the destructive iire of ocean to his 

 enemies conspiring against his invaluable treasures. His mild glory re- 

 sembles that of the rising moon, and like the sea of milk he abounds with 

 the most precious jewels, and as Garura, 1 afflicts the females of the serpent 

 tribe, so he demolishes the saffron pendants that decorate the tender cheeks, 

 over which the collyrir.m is washed by the tears that are drawn from the 

 wives of his slaughtered foes. All his thoughts are intent upon the mainte- 

 nance of morality, and he has been of old, venerable in devotion, in fame, in 

 secrecy, in heart, in eye, and in body. He is never satisfied with (his own) ex- 

 cellence nor with making private, valuable, pure, and kindly gifts nor (with 

 praising the dwelling of Chalakrauta Swami. 2 He abandons all improper de- 

 sires. Though fierce to his foes he is of lovely appearance and is alike excel- 

 lent in form and disposition. He is discontented with his store of moral me- 

 rit, but is not covetous of wealth ; he is not addicted to wrath but is desirous 

 of honor and emulous of fame; he is no transgressor of observances and whilst 

 he delights in eloquence does not indulge in sensual amusements : the lustre 

 of his glory sprung from the combustion of his foes, burnt like aheap of cot- 

 ton by the fire of his prowess, shines afar like the mountains whose rocks 

 are covered with snow : the oppressions of the world being removed by the 

 abundance of his piety, and every thorn being extracted by the needle of 

 his sagacity, the eminent votary of Vishnu the great Mahasiva? Tivara Deva, 

 the son of Nama Deva, the son of Jndrabala, the ornament of the Panda 



1 Garura is the deadly and implacable enemy of all snakes. 



2 Another passage quite uncertain ^IsdocRnffTl^S^ ^oTOsN (wf^^iT s ) 



3 Highly fortunate, is the import of this compound. 



