FROM VIJAYANAGAR. 23 



palaces, and lofty houses which appeared overlayed with gold, like the mountains of Meru 

 and Kailas lifting tbeir golden heads to the sky. As the earth encompassed by the 

 girdle of the four seas is illuminated by the flaming fire called Badabanala (or Aurora 

 Boredlis), so the city, arising from the water of the moat, is resplendent with gold and 

 silver, and radiant with surpassing brightness. At this time reigned the king called 

 BuKKA, who was the lord of the city, and had immense riches. He was a gem of the 

 race of Yadu, a shining precious stone in a crown of jewels. His beauty resembled that 

 of Krishna ; he was equal to Rama in symmetry of form, in wit, in courage, and in 

 beauty. He conquered by his valour all the quarters of the world, and was to the kings 

 who were his enemies v/hat the moon is to the lotus.* 



From him descended a king called HARiHARAXUMAPATi,f who shone in the 

 world as the sun in the sky, who was the best pilot to the vessel in the sea of poverty, 

 who was liberal as ParasurAma in presenting lands; who was as CarnaJ: in giving 

 away gold ; who planted the flag-staff of victory on the shores of the four seas, and whose 

 fame was spread as far as the rays of the full moon. 



From him a king called the fortunate Devarajeswara§ was born, whose feet 

 were like the lotus petals, and when the kings who were his enemies prostrated them- 

 selves before him, the jewels in their crown reflected the radiance of his feet. He was 

 to the learned as the moon to the lily flowers. Among the brave he was the bravest. 

 Among the happy the most happy. 



From him a king called Vijaya|| Narapati arose, the benefactor of mankind, and 

 beneficent in charitable gifts, who extinguished the light of the glory of brave kings with 

 the wind of his victorious banners. 



ViJAYA Narapati had a son named VfRADEVA Raya^ to whom he was attached 

 like the full moon to the sea, or as Indra to his son Jayanta. He was skilled in 

 depriving hostile kings of the five elements called life, with the sword called the 

 poisonous serpent. The fortunate Deva Raya was a friend to pardon, and consoled the 

 kings who submitted to him, but broke the clouds of hostile princes in pieces, with the 

 wind of the ears of the elephants in the day of battle. 



* The lotus hangs its head and closes its leaves at night, whence the moon is said to subdue it. 



t Quere Harihara Rao, 94 of Pedigree. 



X The sou of KuNTi, the wife of Pandu, king of Hastinapur, 



^ Deva Rao, Pedigree 95 ? || Vijaya Rao, Pedigree 96. IT Pujsdara Deva Raya, Pedigree 97. 



