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22. His son, of unprecedented excellence, was named Dasasyandana,* and of liuspici- 

 ous seed, he bore four seeds of royalty, through the favour of Heri. 



23. His cherished consort was Namalla Devi, in splendor equal to Aditi,f she brought 

 forth four heroic brothers of like desert, sustaining the burthen of the immoveable earth ; 



24. Lavanya Kerna, LundkAjJ Lakshmana, and Lunaverma, and the eldest 

 ruled the kingdom, 



25. A prince who, without considering himself, performed acts for the benefit of 

 others alone, and faithfully served Gopdla, the deity of his race, till he was taken by the gods 

 to their abode. , 



26. Lavanya Kerna being gone to heaven, his next brother, LundhaDeva, succeed- 

 ed ; a hero, who was a tree of bounty to his friends, and governed various regions, won by 

 the valour of his arm. 



27. Having slain his enemies, upon their repeated discomfiture, as the Sovereign of 

 the immortals exterminates the foes of the gods, he acquired the district of Cha7idravati, 

 and the pleasant mountain Arbuda. 



28. In that time, and in those realms, there was not his like in the field of battle, 

 and even Sambhu, armed for combat, had proved inferior to Lundhaga in conflict. 



29. The Lord of countless hosts, he performed on Arbuda^ acts worthy of his triumph, 

 and placed in the presence of Achalhwara statues of his queen and himself. 



30. Thus the pure mine of virtuous merit, and chief of men, Lundha, of the house 

 of Agara^ repaired, in the kali age, the temple of Surestvara.^ 



31. The wise monarch, the restorer of holy shrines and temples on the mountain 

 Arbuda, like another paradise, the resort of the Serpent King : 



* Or Dasaratha, the name of the father of Bama and three other princes, the analogy of 

 whose birth may have suggested the appellation, or it may have accidentally occurred. 



f The mother of the gods. 



:j: This name again occurs Lundhaga., Luniga, Lundhi, and Limdhdgara, as well as Drirha, 

 and Tundhi. Lundha seems to be the right reading, and Lundhaga, with the pleonastic ga, instead 

 ofAa, and Lundhdgara, the family name added, are admissible. 



§ There is so much quibbling on the word Agara here, that this is little better tlian a conjec- 

 tural translation, "qi^^WT^TT^TT: WWT^T: ^TT^T'. ^^TT^'lZl^'^T^^ ^^fJ^TT 

 "'ST^'^C II Siiriswaray the Lord of the Gods, is Siva. 



