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and the Sena Rajas of Bengal. 
Translation. 
Be it auspicious ! May Dasabala, whose heart is resplendent with the 
jewel of mercy, whose loved mistress is benevolence, whose mind was wash¬ 
ed clean of the mud of book-learning by the pure water of the river of 
perfect Sambodhi knowledge, who, having conquered the promptings of 
desire * # # acquired eternal fame,—may the Lord of the universe, pros¬ 
per. 
Now Go-pala Deva made his family the abode of prosperity. (Laksh- 
mi). Well able to sustain the weight of the earth, the only asylum of 
kings whose wings having been dipt by fear sought his protection, always 
devoted to protect honor, he was the home of heroism. Of him was born the 
auspicious king Dharma-pala, whose greatness was as beauteous as the ripple 
of the milky ocean. Having conquered Indraraja and other kings, he (Dhar¬ 
ma-pala) earned the glorious S'n, goddess of fortune, whom he presented as 
a sacrifice to the father of wealth, Vamana, the wielder of the discus. 
Like Rama, that saintly king had a brother of equal merit, in Vak- 
pala, who was in glory the counterpart of the son of Sumitra (Lakshmana). 
This prince, the abode of justice and valour, living under the rule of his 
brother, placed all the quarters under one umbrella, by divesting them of 
all hostile armies. 
Unto him was born a son named Jaya-pala, by whose imperial virtues 
the earth was sanctified. Overcoming all enemies to religion, he established 
his elder brother, the heroic Deva-pala, in the dominion of the earth. When 
by the order of his brother he issued forth to conquer, the lord of Utkala, 
oppressed from a distance by his very name, forsook his home. Bearing 
that prince’s order on his head, the king of Pragjyotisha, trembling from 
fear, withdrawing his army, with all his dependents lived under him. 
The auspicious Vigraha-pala, enemy less from birth, was born his son. 
His spotless sword was like the water which wiped away the beauty of the 
wives of his enemies. By him his enemies were made the objects of heavy 
misfortune, and his friends long-lived. Lajja, the ornament of the Haihaya 
race, became his wife, even as the daughter of Jahnu (Ganges) is that of 
the Ocean, and her virtuous conduct alike purified her father’s and her hus¬ 
band’s race. 
He, through the essence of the guardians of the quarters gave birth, 
in her, for the protection of the earth, to the auspicious Narayana-pala 
Deva, the virtuous whose feet became resplendent by the light of the crown- 
jewels of kings. He has sanctified his throne by his justice. Kings, forsaking 
the Lainga Purana, the source of the fourfold blessings, wish to follow his 
conduct. He is esteemed in the mind of good men, and confirmed (in his 
position) by his own dependents. By his charity he has suppressed in 
