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glorious being, seated on the seat of adamant (vajrasana) under the Bodhi 
tree, protect the whole universe, — he, whom the fancy-born (god of love) 
shunned from a distance, as if reflecting that there was no shame in it, if he 
single-handed were powerless to attract the mind of the lord of the three 
worlds, when his superiors who had gathered together, proved unable to do 
so. There is a country known as Nagarahara, the land of which is the 
ornament of Uttarapatha (Northern India). There was a Brahman there 
of the name of Indragupta, the friend of the king, who was born in a family 
that had risen high. The meritorious and excellent Brahman shone like 
the moon with his spotless digits, — united to a wife, — |_one word ille- 
gible] a wife of whom mention is first made by people in going over the 
stories of faithful wives. From them was born a son who was exceedingly 
.thoughtful, and whose mind even in childhood was filled with thoughts of 
the next world, and even in his house, rich in all the means of enjoyment, 
he remained unconcerned [took to no pleasure], in order, by the renunciation 
of the world, to adopt the system of Sugata. Having studied all the 
vedas and reflected on the shfistras, he went to the vihara of Kanishka, 
and following him who was praiseworthy on account of his severity, and 
who was all-knowing and free from passions [two or three words illegible], 
he practised penance. The pupil of one who, by his pure virtues, had 
obtained great fame, he, Viradeva — graceful by the possession of befitting 
virtues, character and fame, and with a lustre free from the stains of Kali, 
was like the new moon, an object of adoration even to the munis. He once 
came to the great Bodhi to pay his respects to the vajrasana (adamantine 
seat), and thence went to see the mendicant priests of his country to the 
Yasovarmmapura Vihara. While staying here for a long time, respected 
by all and patronized by the king Devapala, he, having obtained* splendour 
[of knowledge or power], outfilling by his every-day rise all the quarters, 
and dispelling darkness, shone like the sun. Appointed to protect (govern) 
Nalanda, he, the friend of the Bhikshu, as if he were his arm, abided by 
his true knowledge concerning the churchf (or congregation — sanghd), and 
having already taken the vow of a S'ramana, erected, for the good of the 
world, two crest-jewels in the shape of chaityas, on the crown (summit) of 
Indra-saila. Though shining bright by means of NalandiiJ who having 
been protected by him, had her body adorned with a splendid row of viharas, 
he was praised by good people saying, “Well done, well done,” when he 
became the husband of the wife Great Fame. Dispelling the fever of 
* The three epithets here have a double meaning, one applicable to the sun and 
the other to Viradeva. 
t That it is of great importance to have a united church and to construct viharas 
for congregational purposes. 
$ Compared to a wife. 
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