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Kavi Raj Sliyanial Das— On the Pritlti Rdj Rasa. 
3. May the elephant-faced god Glaneis, grant yon wealth, who is 
the remover of misfortunes, whose brilliant temples (like mountain- 
peaks) are buzzed about till now by a swarm of black bees, which are as 
it were performing penances to him, with a desire to get rid of their 
black colour, and repeating a humming prayer composed of (letters or) 
sounds which we cannot make out, having given up all other occupation, 
and feeling honourable pride or intoxication. 
4. May Hanuman deliver us from evil, whose wonderful leap to 
cross the ocean,* set the terrestrial sphere a-whirling, by causing a 
cloven range of mountains to fall down in the shrinking ocean, caused 
the sky to burst asunder and come down and the points of the compass 
to contract to a centre, that disturbed the equilibrium of the (vessel of 
the) universal frame, and thus threw the world into a state of agitation 
resembling that (which happens) at the end of a kalp (the destruction), 
although the day had not arrived. 
6. The foremost (noble) race of Gohil is triumphant, whose line¬ 
age, is formed of a number of clans and sub-clans, having good quali¬ 
ties, recognised as the head of Princes or ruler of mountains, resembles 
the bamboo plant, of which the joints have a number of branches large 
and small, which is suited to have a bow-string fastened to it, and 
crowns the crests of hills. 
6. That the race of this Gohil has the reputation of Narayaii or 
Vishnu among the kings, is right, else how could the kings, [whose 
purpose is to attain salvation, holding white dandas (mendicants’ staff) 
in the form of canes (for inflicting punishment), inclined to the protec¬ 
tion of lives, and ever enjoying the blessing of wealth, allow their hands 
full liberty to deal in charity by giving away money], have reposed 
confidence of protection in it ? 
7. The territory, well-suited to remove misfortunes, saturated 
with the filthy odour exhaled from the (decomposing) fat of wicked 
persons (killed) by Bapa Rawul, excelling the Paradise in beauty, and 
bringing the pride of all other cities of the world to a test, bears the 
name Med-^dt (the modern Me war). 
8. There is in this land of Mewar a town (named) Naghrid (now 
the village of Nagda) well-deserving celebrity, where the sage Harit 
rich only in penances, performed austerities. 
9. There are many well-to-do householders, who have commenced 
a series of sacrifices for the welfare of the world, being pious, and 
having a store of articles fit to be burnt as oblations (or virtue), they 
satisfy Agni (the god of fire) with those substances. 
There are also a great many sages, who have won felicity by practis- 
* While on search for Sita.—Pvamayan. 
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