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w ,.;_ ; : . ; . able IkewMe, poffeffing a multitude of excel- 

 lencies, illu(lrious,,of 'whom people are accuftomed to fay "this, is truly 

 GadaO'*ha&a !" ?■*' Who humbled the *fea by his profundity, and- .. . 



„ even, by his underftanding : is not therefore fuch 



fame folid 2 



44. His wife is for. the procreation of offspring ;i his knowledge of 

 the Saftras, for the due performance of religious duties ; % and of the 

 Vedas.i'ot .'..?". his wealth is for the, bene fit of all mep : . . . 



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„ ,. -a g ^ t) 'in-..-. - — ' v - ■• ~ 6 - c '<*" l - - •• ■ - '" 



. '. . •• from the virtues of that benevolent, one, it is believed by 

 the people that the Cz//§ age has palled away. 



45; His fons SruD J HARArViDYlD'HAiiA, and the reft, from their 

 atJMeT have become conquerors of the world : Hence he is efteemed 

 the head of family men* 



46. Sacrifices, and acls of pious munificence, are the foundation of 

 many good deeds: this temple, therefore, was e reefed, together with 

 , . .« m by that revered one ....;.......« 



, * . . * . . . the wealth of the great ought certainly to be 

 employed in aefs • of piety, 



47. He, moreover, with his lawful riches, caufed a vail I'; ' 7 ; ■ I '. ,]| 



* Gada'd'h ara is a title of Vishn'u j and it probably was the name of a fon of the minifler Vatsa, 

 to whom this, and the fubiequent ftanza, appeal to relate. 



+ i. e; not for fenfual enjoyment. 



J i. e. not far the p upofe ot difputing the doilrinea they contain. 



$ The prefent finful ^ge. 



J| A mound of coufidorable ext?nt, compofrd of large ftoncs, regularly piled on each other, and placed fo 

 as to foi-Ti fteps d »wn to the margin ot an extenfive like, terminates at the fpot where ths monument was 

 difcoverd. It ? vine: s great labor, and is, I imagine, referred to either in this, or the fubfequent verfe. I 

 do not, however, r c lleil lv<ving obferved any where in the vicinity, the lead veftige of the temple, 

 mentioned in the foreyomw ftanza ; and, as to the other public acts of the rflinfter, which appear to be record. 

 p d in this part of ihc infeription, I can offer no conjecture. 



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