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7. That family skilled in removing tlie afflictions of mankind by removing the dis- 

 tress of their heart, and overcoming the wicked in war, derived honor from Vappaka, and 

 the possession of Medupc'da,* whose beauty surpassed that of the city of the immortals, and 

 humbled the pride of the city of Sesha. 



8. There Is an extensive city named NagaJirada, where HARfTA RAsif performed 

 penance, and rendered the vicinity the resort of the devout.:]: 



9. Some for the good of mankind commencing prescribed rites, propitiated here the 

 lord Agni, by pure oblations, shedding supreme lustre, and others excelling In the know- 

 ledge of restraining respiration, and seeking truth in holy and lonely places, beheld the 

 universe in themselves. 



10. In this grove, the holy sage being liberated from all bonds, and perfect in abstrac- 

 tion, and having seen present the visible tree of the universe, HARfxA, the abode of perfec- 

 tion, on separating from his own body obtained union with Siva ; having presented to Vappa, 

 his votary, the glory of dominion. 



] 1. Vappaka, by his devotion to the feet of the sage, obtained from HARfXA a h-igh 

 rank as a Kshetriya, having passed through that of a Brahman under the plea of the 

 service of the Muni. The Princes of this race now ornament the earth like the military vir- 

 tues embodied. 



12. The son of Vappaka, the chief guide of Policy, was named Guhila, whose name 

 is attached to the Princes who hare been born in his race. 



13. From him was born Bhoja, the King of men, the worshipper of Vishnu, whose 

 intellect was lovely as the moon, whose ornament was the ambrosia of science, whose 

 delightful appearance surpassed that of the pure Kama, and by whom the pride of ocean, 

 in its depth and height, was humbled. 



14. Affable, and grasping, as in sport, his formidable sword, the fortune of his foes was 

 wooed by Bhoja, who contemplated difficulties and danger with delight, as if he were the 

 personified energy of heroism. 



* Meddpdiabhidham ddhatlesma. It elsewhere appears that Medapdia is the name of a country 

 or district, (See No. XIII.) and Pdia occurs in No. XIX. as a city, or its dependence, as Anahilta 

 Pala. 



f Rasi occurs elsewhere as a family name, or more probably, the common epithet of a set of 

 religious characters. 



X Tapovana, a grove of penance. 



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