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11. Whose rival in confirming morals, concsaling the defects of the kingdom, and re- 

 ConciliniT adversaries, was not created by the Creator. 



13. The whiteness of the fame of Malladeva, surpassing that of the moon, emerging 

 from a cluster of black clouds, has laid violent hands on the tips of the tusks of the ele- 

 phant of Indra. 



13. The younger brother of this self-restricted sage, the pious Vastupala, a shower 

 of delight, marvellously laden with the nectar of eloquence, effaces those letters that indi- 

 cate misfortune, on the foreheads of the learned. 



14. The chief Vastupala amongst the ministers, and poets of the CTiuluhya race, 

 filches not the property of others, either in fortune or in fancy. 



15. Teja Pal a, the youngest of the whole, is celebrated, throughout the universe, the 

 chief of ministers, he shines, augmenting the radiance of his Lord, the terror of the wicked. 



16. But who shall describe the glories of Teja Pala, or of Vishnu, within the 

 recesses of whose wisdom the three-fold world is equally enshrined. 



17. There were also seven sisters of these Princes, Jaht'a, Mao, Sao, Dhanadev!, 

 Sohaga, Vayyuka and Amaladev!.* 



18. The sons of Aswaraja, are as the four sons of Dasaratha, who have been de- 

 sirous of again taking a terrestrial birth in a common womb. 



19. "Whose heart is not delighted by Vastupala, accompanied by his younger bro- 

 ther, Teja Pala, like the month Madhu, by spring. 



20. Let no one pursue a path alone, remembering this law, the two brothers travel 

 in company along the road of equity, arresting the fascination of impropriety. 



21. May ever be increased the prosperity of the united arms, which bear this yoke 

 conjointly, the arms of that virtuous couple by which, in this fourth age, the golden age is 

 restored. f 



22. Long may these brothers enjoy health and life, by whose fame the bracelet of the 

 world is set with pearls. 



* A strange string of names with the exception of two, which are pure Sanscrit. Sohaga and 

 Vayyahx, are still names known in the west, and are the Prakrit form of Saubhagyd and' 

 Vaidyandthd. 



\ A set of puns upon the word Yiiga, meaning a pair, a yoke, and an age. 



